Sonam Kapoor on her ‘younger colleagues’ falling prey to ‘extremely sexualised’ nature of Bollywood: ‘It’s now not their fault’

Actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja spoke concerning the ‘extremely sexualised’ nature of the web, and the way it portrays ladies, particularly in India. Sonam mentioned in a brand new interview that she will see her ‘younger colleagues’ falling prey to such calls for.

In an interview with Style India, Sonam additionally spoke about how ‘bizarre’ she unearths paparazzi movies that concentrate on feminine our bodies in a fetishistic way. She mentioned that every time she posts a ‘attractive’ image of herself on social media, it at all times will get extra likes than a normal photograph.

Sonam mentioned, “There are those paparazzi movies of actresses, the place they’re the use of those telephone cameras they usually’re zooming in on their butt or on their titties. Or, in the event that they’re strolling up the steps, they’re appearing their denims. It’s slightly bizarre, and you’ll be able to see that the perspectives on which are manner upper. Like, if I put a gorgeous photograph of myself on Instagram, it’s were given like 10 instances extra likes than an image of me in a gorgeous get dressed. I promise you.’

She added, “On this international of clicks and likes… Particularly within the West, the place you might have fact TV celebrities with their photoshopped, touched-up, plastic surgery-ed out view. That’s very extremely sexualised imagery that’s trending presently. And I see numerous my younger colleagues who’re catering to that target market, like clumped up lips… And it’s now not their fault.”

Sonam, who’s anticipating her first kid with husband Anand Ahuja, is recently in New Delhi. She spent the easier a part of the ultimate yr in London and has been on slightly of an appearing sabbatical. She is going to subsequent be observed within the mystery Blind. Her ultimate movie in a starring function was once 2019’s The Zoya Issue. She did, then again, make a cameo look in her dad Anil Kapoor’s AK vs AK, on Netflix.