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New Delhi:

Actor Anjali Anand who made her Bollywood debut with Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, has been making headlines ever because the movie’s launch. Her delicate but highly effective portrayal of a plus-sized lady, struggling to interrupt away from the shackles of patriarchy was adored by the viewers and critics alike. In a latest interview with Hindustan Times, the 31-year-old actress nevertheless talked in regards to the movie business which continues to be plagued with poisonous magnificence requirements. Talking in regards to the harsh actuality of the leisure world, Anjali stated that the viewers wouldn’t be comfortable to see a plus-size lady like her, play the lead position in movies.

Elaborating she stated, “It’s not just the showbiz industry, even the audiences will not be very happy with a heroine if she looks like me. It is a very hypocritical world that we live in. Everybody wants to see a toned body and fair skin on screen. Sabse zyada seetiyaan item number par hi bajti hain. That is the world we live in and that is the truth nobody wants to accept,” she factors out, including, “Many audiences call themselves progressive… Okay, then! Tomorrow, make a film with me as a lead and if that becomes a very big hit, then I’d agree that maybe the world is changing, but until then, I don’t think it is the industry’s problem, it is everybody’s problem. We need to move ahead in life and not think about petty things like how a person looks.”

Anjali nevertheless expressed her gratitude for Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani being a medium by which her character succeeded in sending a message of physique positivity. She nevertheless careworn that she does not wish to get stereotyped in simply this sort of position.

“Whatever comes next for me, I want to be very careful in what I’m choosing so that I’m not stereotyped. I hope I get to play something more challenging and unbelievably different, and not what filmmakers and audiences already expect from me. I want to play different parts, whatever it takes,” she instructed Hindustan Times.

Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, which was launched on July 28, additionally featured Ranveer Singh, Shabana Azmi, Jaya Bachchan, Dharmendra and Anjali Anand. In his evaluation for NDTV,  movie critic Saibal Chatterjee wrote, “On the screen and off it, flamboyance comes easy to Ranveer Singh. There is nobody in the Mumbai industry who could have pulled off Rocky as well as he does. Alia Bhatt strikes the right notes in the role of a girl who embraces her beliefs with confidence and confronts all the imperfections in her and the people around her without letting any of it get the better of her. She is the real star of the show.”