Recently a lot of Bollywood actresses have opened up about being body-shamed in Bollywood or even facing the casting couch.
Now, even Surveen Chawla spoke about her initial body-shaming experience in the entertainment industry.
The actress recalled the time when she was trying to move from TV industry to Films and was body-shamed because of her weight during her first film meeting in Mumbai. The actress was asked about her weight, waist size and chest size.
As per reports, Surveen says, “It’s just insane. What are the parameters for being here? What are they? It was a period where it, alongside all the casting couch that went on with it and then a lot from the south (film industry) actually and it was quite a difficult period…It was there but I don’t think those are not the right parameters that define you or make you believe or disbelieve on where you want to be or where you are at.”
“This was actually my first film meeting in Bombay that I went for. So I was doing television and then I went for this first meeting. You know it’s their job to kind of get you in the space where you question yourself. And this happens to most women also where their appearance is questioned, their weight is questioned, what is your waist size is questioned, what is your chest size is questioned,” the actress continued.
Surveen marked her acting debut in 2003 with TV show ‘Kahin To Hoga’ and did movies like Hum Tum Shabana, Ugly, Hate Story 2. The actress also gained a lot of appreciation for her performance in Sacred Games.
