Kajol reveals her experience of 'Body Shaming' in Bollywood

Actor Kajol recently had an interaction with Humans of Bombay she opened up on the body shaming she was subjected to when she started in the industry. In the candid conversation the actor discussed how it took her some time to accept her beauty. In the course of the discussion, Kajol admitted she had issues with her own perception of herself, thinking she was cool, attractive, smart, and intelligent but not pretty. When the actress finally felt confident about her appearance and looked in the mirror, she made the startling admission that she was 32–33 years old.

The DDLJ star recalled, ‘She is dark, she is fat and she wears specs all the time. These were some of the judgments that were passed when I first started working in the industry. I couldn’t care less. I knew I was smart, cool and better than everyone out there who had any negatives to say for me. So, I kept continuing to be myself and never let it show. Sooner or later, when they couldn’t pull me down, the world simply embraced me for who I was - Kajol'.

'It took me a very, very long time reach there," the actor said, adding that she, however, never let it show. She concluded the conversation with the quote, 'Fake it, till you believe it and eventually you will make it'.