Top 10 Bollywood Actresses Who Called Out Bollywood's Unrealistic Beauty Standards

Bollywood sets unrealistic body goals for women in the industry, and society's beauty standards put pressure on youngsters to look a certain way. The flawless skin, ideal physique, perfect facial structure, and our obsession with fair skin and skinny bodies go to a new level. But today's Bollywood divas don't take all these unachievable standards. They address them, call them out, and set examples for others. Many celebrities have unmasked the struggles and problematic standards to look perfect. Here are the top 10 Bollywood actresses who called out Bollywood's unrealistic beauty standards:

1. Priyanka Chopra Born on 18 July 1982, Priyanka Chopra is an establ >> Read More...

Priyanka has always been vocal about the effects the conventional beauty standards expected from women in the film industry created problems for her. She was often ridiculed for being dusky and ridiculously skinny. She thinks it's okay to be messy sometimes instead of maintaining the far-reaching goal of having the perfect hair, perfect dress, and perfect face all the time. Priyanka ventured into the glamourous world of Bollywood at the tender age of 17. She expressed the effect of the tight lens scrutinizing her shape, measurements, and every part of her body messed with her mental health.

2. Katrina-Kaif

This comes as a surprise, but Katrina felt inadequate with her beauty. Growing up, she felt that beauty was what she saw in magazines, and if she didn’t look like that, she was never going to be pretty. She felt highly insecure about her looks and thought she was not pretty enough. She realized that she was putting a lot of pressure on herself and mended her ways of thinking.

3. Kajol

Kajol opined that actors have to live up to the impossible standards that they have created every day. She feels that the film industry started the obsession to look a certain way. Kajol doesn't let the critics pressure her into doing something that she doesn't want to. She wears regular, comfortable clothes and shoes while traveling, and eats whatever she wants whenever she wants. She says that she doesn't understand the concept of size zero. Kajol remarked that actors had dehumanized themselves.

4. Sonam Kapoor Sonam Kapoor, Daughter of Anil Kapoor and model Su >> Read More...

Sonam felt like an imposter in the industry even after she became a movie star. She thought that she didn't look like a mainstream heroine and called the natural process of hair growth, cellulite, and bloating on women's bodies completely normal. She was very conscious that her rolls of fat on the back would show on camera, and she'd no more be flawless. Sonam even remarked that the way current actresses look is not realistic, and many people work behind the screen to make them look that way. She urged her audience not to idealize anything they saw on the screen.

5. Sonakshi Sinha Sonakshi Sinha is a well-known Indian Actress. She >> Read More...

Sonakshi was not welcomed into the film industry despite being from an influential family and an industry insider. She lost 30 kgs for her debut and revealed that the audience and media fat-shamed her. This took a toll on her mental health.

6. Taapsee Pannu Taapsee Pannu is an actress and model of Indian or >> Read More...

Taapsee always thought she wasn't conventionally beautiful. With small eyes, a large nose, small lips, and curly wavy hair, she felt that she wouldn’t fit into the conventional beauty parameters of the Indian mainstream audience. Taapsee revealed that she tried to change herself and miserably failed at it many times, only to realize that she has to love and live with what she has.

7. Vidya Balan Vidya Balan is an award winning Bollywood actress >> Read More...

Vidya's weight has always been discussed at various interviews and media events. She revealed that she struggled a lot to fit into the beauty standards thrown at her. She was very bothered by her fluctuating weight and if she fit into her clothes or not. She urged other women to embrace their bodies and beauty.

8. Kangana-Ranaut

Kangana revealed that she tried hard to fit into Bollywood's mold of beauty in her initial years in the industry. She opined that Bollywood still holds on to and propagates unreal beauty standards. She worried too much about how she looked and eventually gave up on them to embrace a beautiful self-love journey.

9. Esha Gupta Esha Gupta was born in Delhi, India, where she gre >> Read More...

Esha opened up that people in auditions and meetings used to tell her to lighten her skin by taking injections and look like the rest of the actresses or change her nose to make it look sharp. She never understood the concept of changing herself for others.

10. Richa Chadha

Richa shared that she struggled with body image issues at the beginning of her film career as she didn’t have a model-like body and fair skin. Her dusky skin didn't let her have many opportunities in the glamour world, and she felt ugly for the longest time.