EXCLUSIVE: Vidya Balan REVEALS she ‘hated’ her physique: I realised I’m abusing, I’m angry with the body

Leading actors are always expected to look fit and presentable. No matter what is your age, it is mandatory for actors to look appealing onscreen. In the process, stars are often been criticised for not looking in a certain way. Speaking of which, actor Vidya Balan who is one of the leading actors was also subjected to such criticism where she hated her body. So much so that, she realised that her body is not like the world want to see her.

Vidya Balan talks about body shaming

During an exclusive interview with Bollywood Bubble, Vidya told us that she was abusing her body and was angry with her body. The Parineeta actor told us, “I’ve rejected one side of me. I accepted one to the exclusion of the other but there cannot be one without the other because otherwise I’d be walking as half a body. But I think these realisations only come with experience, with awareness, with acceptance and this acceptance takes a long time to realise. I was in battle with my body for the longest time. Because I felt like my body is not the body that the world expected me to have or my mother expected me to have.”

Vidya Balan added, “I’ve always grappled with that. After a while I realised that I’m abusing the body, I’m angry with the body I’m falling sick often. Why? Because even if it’s niggling issues constantly having some irritant or the other because you’re rejecting your body constantly. You realise that if it’s not for this body, I wouldn’t be alive. Who knows what happens after life, we don’t know that so let’s talk about the here and now. I’ve spent so many years hating my body and it’s pointless. If not for this body, there would be no me, I would not be sitting here.”

Watch the full interview of Vidya Balan

On the professional front, Vidya Balan is gearing up for the release of Neeyat movie which is scheduled to release on July 7.

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