Sonakshi Sinha says she was body-shamed even after losing 30 kgs for Dabangg: ‘They had no idea what I had been through’

Sonakshi Sinha, who has been subjected to body-shaming on a number of events, doesn’t derive her confidence from the way in which she appears. She mentioned that even when she was bullied for her weight as a toddler, she didn’t let it destroy her shallowness.

In an interview with Cosmopolitan, Sonakshi mentioned, “You know, I was always an overweight child. I used to be 95 kilos in school. People bullied me, and the boys called me names.” However, she didn’t let the criticism about her weight get to her, even when she was youthful. “I never took the bullying to heart. And I didn’t let it bring me down because I’ve always known there’s much more to me than my weight or my size,” she mentioned.

Before making her Bollywood debut with Dabangg in 2010, Sonakshi misplaced 30 kilos however her weight was nonetheless a subject of debate. “It was a huge achievement for me. And I was so proud of myself. But people were still talking about how much I weighed and how I looked! Eventually, I told myself that I wouldn’t let them bring me down because they had no idea what I had been through, how hard I had worked to get here. And, in the end, it really didn’t matter what they thought. They were not the ones in a big-ticket Bollywood film, I was!,” she mentioned.

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Sonakshi made her foray into movies with Dabangg reverse Salman Khan. She reprised her position within the subsequent two iterations of the franchise – Dabangg 2 in 2012 and Dabangg three final 12 months. She has additionally acted in numerous movies, together with Rowdy Rathore, Lootera, R… Rajkumar, Noor and Mission Mangal.

Recently, Sonakshi was seen in a particular look in Pushpendra Nath Mishra’s Ghoomketu, which starred Nawazuddin Siddiqui within the titular position. She will likely be seen subsequent in Abhishek Dudhaiya’s Bhuj: The Pride of India, which is able to launch quickly on Disney+ Hotstar.

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