Vidya Balan is known as the Queen of women-oriented films also she never fails to impress the audience with her these roles but her recent statement is quite surprising as she said, "I’m part of stories that I feel compelled to tell. So some of them work, some of them don’t, but I’m not here to champion the cause of women’s empowerment."

She explained her statement too, "Yes. If I’m here to champion anyone’s cause, that’s I, me, myself. If it ends up inspiring someone, therefore, to take up cudgels for themselves, great! Change has to happen at a very personal level for each one of us."

The Kahaani actress said, "My primary purpose is to entertain, but just that the story through which I entertain invariably is an extension of my beliefs. So, can I entertain in a film where I have four songs and two scenes? I can’t. I’m incapable of it."

On taking more women-centric roles, she said, "I’m at the center of my universe and I happen to be a woman. So I’m the most important person in my life. I’m telling stories where that importance, that value is shown to a woman because I would choose only that. It comes naturally to me. But am I doing it for the larger good of womankind? No. I’m not jhanda gaadke jo kehte hai na championing the cause of women’s empowerment or anything like that through my films."

She further said, "But outside, as Vidya, I’m very opinionated. I don’t know if I’m able to communicate exactly. Like, everyone says that every film should give a message. I don’t think you should give a message with every film. I don’t believe in preaching, I believe in practice, that’s what I do. That’s what it is. When I say that I’m not here to champion the cause of women’s empowerment – I’m here to practise it."