Semi-nude photos of South Indian actress Kasthuri holding her kid have been doing the rounds on social media for quite some time now.

The photos were apparently taken a year ago as part of "A Beautiful Body Project: The Bodies of Mothers" by world-renowned photographer Jade Beall.

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The photo-book has stories of as many as 80 mothers from all over the world, who volunteered to celebrate the irreplaceable beauty of women during pregnancy and after becoming mother.

"A Beautiful Body Project is a series of book volumes and an online media platform dedicated to women and body image, celebrated through the sharing stories about motherhood, aging, cancer, stillbirths, miscarriages, weigh-gain, weight-loss, dysmorphia, and beyond," reads the description of the book that is sold through Amazon for $35.47.

Kasthuri, who made her debut in the 1989 Tamil film "Miss Madras", has acted in many Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam projects. She is known for her roles in the Kannada film "Jaana" (1994), Malayalam film "Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava" (1995), Telugu film "Merupu" (1996) and Tamil film "Vadacurry"(2014), among others.

Kasthuri, married to a US-based doctor, Ravikumar, resides in Arizona and the couple has two kids - Shobini and Sankalp.

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