India, May 20 -- Actor Tamannaah Bhatia's dance moves in Aaj Ki Raat (Stree 2, 2024) and Nasha (Raid 2) for sure have people grooving, but it's her outspoken attitude which turns heads. Body positivity ranks high on her priority list. Scrutiny over her looks doesn't seem to faze her, given her public-facing journey from adolescence to adulthood. "I have had the edge of growing up literally in front of the camera. There's nothing for me to hide. I was just 15 when I had my first release, so people have seen me go from a teen to how I looked in my 20s to now. Post puberty, people have seen me change on the screen," says the 35-year-old. Tamannaah believes that standing out is important in an industry where people end up succumbing to beauty norms. "I feel as an actor and performer, your biggest strength is how unique you are. The fact that I look a certain way - it could be from the face to the body to the way I carry myself - is all unique to me. If I tailor that to how someone else looks, then I will lose something that's individual to me. I consider everything that's mine as my strength and also a differentiator. Otherwise, we can't be impactful if we have the cookie-cutter approach." The actor feels that beauty is subjective: "If I have something that five or six other people are also doing, then filmmakers won't need me. Clearly, I bring something else to the table. Also, the skill and the craft that goes behind channelling beauty are very different than just shapes and sizes. If you don't feel good about yourself, then you can have the best body on the planet, yet you will still not look good. The camera catches it immediately."...