Ajay Devgn

Deepika Padukone attends the screening of “Decision To Leave (Heojil Kyolshim)” during the 75th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 23, 2022 in Cannes, France.

I want more representation, just selfishly, for my own girls. I want that for the world as well, but of course, it starts with the fact that I’m a mom to two small Black girls, and I want them to grow up in a world where they see themselves, where there is an awareness that they can be whomever they want to be because they see it. And that’s not just in cinema, that’s in life, too. I want to surround them in a world where they feel they belong and they can shine and they can live to their full potential.