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This is an archive article published on September 20, 2024
Alia Bhatt opens up about battling body image issues after becoming an actor: ‘No matter how much weight I lost, I always struggled…’
Opening up about her struggles with body image issues, Alia Bhatt admitted that pregnancy and motherhood has changed her. "I had so much respect for my body and was so enamored with what it could do," she said.
Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor welcomed Raha on November 6, 2022. (Photo: Ali Bhatt/ Instagram)
Since her breakout debut in Karan Johar’s Student of the Year (2012), Alia Bhatt has solidified her position as a leading lady of Bollywood, impressing audiences with her remarkable range and adaptability. However, beneath her poised exterior, Bhatt has been quietly wrestling with body image issues – a challenge she recently shared in an interview.
With disarming honesty, Alia revealed that even after achieving significant weight loss, she continued to struggle with lingering self-doubt and dissatisfaction. In an interview with Allure, Alia shared that growing up, she was often subjected to rigid beauty standards in the Indian film industry, which favored tall, light-skinned, and slim physiques. She recalls. “I was quite a chubby, healthy kind of kid, very happy with my life at the time. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with the way I looked,” she said. However, as she entered the film industry, her perception of herself began to change. She struggled with body-image issues, constantly feeling pressure to lose weight. “I have struggled with body-image issues since then. No matter how much weight I lost, I always struggled,” she admitted.
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