Zareen Khan reveals comparisons with Katrina Kaif after debut with Salman Khan in Veer ‘backfired badly’; says, “People thought I was arrogant”

Actress Zareen Khan – who made her debut in 2010 opposite Salman Khan in Veer, recently opened up about her career. While chatting with Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa during the latest episode of their podcast, the actress got candid about many things pertaining to her career, including being compared to Katrina Kaif.

Zareen Khan on comparisons with Katrina Kaif

While talking about how her being compared to Katrina Kaif backfired badly, Zareen Khan said, “Life after Veer was very bad for me, I got a lot of criticism for it. The film was so big, it still is a life-changing moment for me. Initially, I felt very happy that I was being compared to Katrina Kaif! She is so beautiful! But i think within the industry, things turned quite the opposite. For me, who used to be overweight, being compared to Katrina was huge, but it backfired badly.”

She continued, “I was a lost child in the industry, and I didn’t know most people here. I only knew the names of the producers and directors not by their faces… but they started to feel I was arrogant because Salman Khan launched me.”

Zareen on dealing with criticism

During the same interaction, the actress also revealed that the judgements being passed about her physic and clothes was too much to bare. She said, “There was a time I was even scared to step out of my house because people would comment on my clothes. That comparison went in a very negative way. I was called overweight. What should I do? I was given so many names, that at one point, I wanted to just sit at home.”

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