India, Feb. 22 -- Actor Taapsee Pannu, who has carved a niche for herself across Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, and Malayalam cinema, recently got candid about the uncomfortable and often awkward realities female actors face while working in the south.

The actor shared that there are times when directors in Tamil and Telugu films would ask heroines to wear padded bras to accentuate their appearance on screen, adding that such suggestions then shift attention to a specific body part.

Taapsee spoke about the awkward and embarrassing demands female actors sometimes face in films in the south, when she joined Shubhankar Mishra's podcast on YouTube.

During the conversation, she was asked about why Bhojpuri and South Indian cinema are so focused on t...