the caring concerned and when required feisty falak ali in pink has been one of the mostloved characters of the film it is no surprise then that the actress who played falak kirti kulhari has also turned into a face and voice that champions the cause of speaking out about womenrsquos issues on one such mission this week kirti was invited to hyderabad for a talk organised by united nations women india on lsquowomen in showbizrsquo speaking to hyderabad times kirti reflects on her journey towards social and personal change her views on the power of cinema and the fight women have to put up in society excerptsyoursquove become the harbinger of change since the release of your film did you see that coming we started of with pure intentions of tackling a subject that needed to be addressed everything that is spoken about in the film is derived from social realities thatrsquos the only reason why people especially girls are relating to the story like it reflects a part of themselves and i do believe that cinema has a great potential to transform unfortunately we donrsquot use the art form enough for this films are not about entertainment itrsquos about something touching you or making you think and the audiences are smart today at the end of the day i am grateful for this ldquopink movementrdquo if i may call it that i am hoping that it makes a change not just make people talkdid you put a bit of yourself out there on screen i would be surprised to meet a woman who says that she hasnrsquot been through something awful just because she is a woman we have all felt humiliated at some point in our lives for just being a woman i am that woman itrsquos not about recalling personal experiences it about all of it and all of us so yes i did channel those emotions and experiences thatrsquos my mantra for all my roles and thatrsquos what makes it realwe hear you have a bit of a connection with the telugu states i lived in visakhapatnam for six years between 1994 and 1999 because my dad was in the indian navy and i was a kendriya vidyala kid so as a child i would visit hyderabad often i was a nationallevel badminton player so practice sessions and tournaments would bring me here but so much has changed this time when i visited i was absolutely taken aback by the greenery and the beauty of hyderabad i was thinking to myself lsquowhoa why didnrsquot i see this earlierrsquo i think itrsquos cos mumbaites are just becoming extremely envious of other cities i know that the rains have been bad this year but at least hyderabadis should be happy that they have some roads we have zero in mumbaiwell then why donrsquot you just move down south laughs may be because i would really have to struggle for work i donrsquot think south sees me as