Tamannaah Bhatia, an actor, has recently made headlines for her stunning physical makeover. While some trolls accused her of taking Ozempics, others praised her for her new look. Tamannaah recently addressed the talk and discussed whether she feels forced to lose her curves and comply with global beauty standards.
Tamannaah told Harper`s Bazaar India that she has always had a naturally thin figure, particularly in her 20s. She shared, “I have been in front of the camera since the age of 15, and people have seen me grow up in front of the camera, so there is nothing to hide. Till my late 20s, I was a slender body type. That was always my body. This body in which I am right now is technically not new to me. I have grown up like this, and I have stayed like this.”
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However, the performer revealed that she fought to control her weight during the COVID pandemic, which she believes is when the Hindi audience formed an opinion of her. Tamannaah was already a well-known figure in the South before making her Bollywood debut. She received tremendous appreciation for S. S. Rajamouli`s Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), which earned her pan-India prominence.
Tamannaah shared, “This might be new for the Hindi belt of the audience, but I am nearing 100 films, so people have seen my work in so many different films and in so many different bodies, but essentially on the leaner side. But what people need to understand is that a woman’s body is always changing, and every five years we see a different version of our own self.”
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Tamannaah also mentioned that maintaining her weight during the pandemic was a huge issue. “For me, Covid hit my body hard, making it tough to maintain the weight I had in my 20s. I battled with it. I enjoy eating rice, roti, and dal.”
She continued, “While doing all of those healthy things, I still had to face the camera, and I began to feel that I don`t want to be conscious of being a certain size, and I`m continuously trying to rectify it. I`m thinking, `Oh my tummy is outside?` Because my tummy started to protrude, and I was wondering what was going on with my body.”
Tamannah went on to share the effects of inflammation and how she dealt with it, “But inflammation is real. Any woman who is going through the cycle feels like her body is shifting. I went through the same in my early 30s, and my curves are not going anywhere. My curves are not going anywhere because I am Sindhi. The hip and waist are not going anywhere because that is bone structure. I don’t think you will ever see me following global beauty standards because it’s aspirational to be Indian, people love our curves, and I think it’s time that we should embrace that.”