Banita Sandhu says she was physique shamed: They mentioned I used to be too skinny to be enticing

 Body shaming and remarks on an individual’s bodily look have been no new feat. Women are anticipated to have a superbly toned physique, and particularly within the leisure business, actresses are continuously below scrutiny for his or her seems and are sometimes subjected to extreme criticism and brutal trolling. Welsh actress Banita Sandhu, who is thought for her roles in October and Sardar Udham, opened up about physique shaming and revealed how she was as soon as criticised for being too skinny. (Also learn: Banita Sandhu on transferring again to India: ‘I have a great sense of community to lean on in the country’) Banita Sandhu reveals she was physique chamed for being too skinny. Banita remembers the primary time she skilled bodyshamingIn a dialog with ANI, she recalled the incident of being body-shamed and the way it affected her, “I remember getting body shamed when I did a South Indian movie. I remember people calling me ugly because I looked like a twig. And how could the co-star be attracted to me in the movie because I was so skinny. That was the first time I think I experienced body shaming. But at the same time, it was this weird, it almost felt like a simulation because it was happening online. I don’t know how to explain it. And it was from a culture that was something I hadn’t grown up in.” Banita continued, “So I didn’t feel as closely offended or criticised by it. I was like, oh, okay, the beauty standard in this region is different to what I look like. And that’s just how I took it. I didn’t take it to heart. Like, oh, my God, I need to gain so much weight now. And I’m because I’m naturally very skinny, you can literally ask any producer I’ve worked with, like I eat the most on set.” However, she recommended dealing with such criticisms with out getting affected by them, “So it wasn’t something like it was the first time I experienced something like that. But also, I think with anything online, you just can’t take it seriously… you really can’t.” Sandhu talks about her performing journeySandhu was born and introduced up in Caerleon, Wales. She made her movie debut with the 2018 Shoojit Sircar directorial October, starring Varun Dhawan. This was adopted by the American TV sequence Pandora, and the Tamil movie Adithya Varma, each in 2019. She was later seen in Sardar Udham. The ace star mentioned, “I was incredibly blessed. It was one of those things that, it was like a domino effect, and everything kind of just fell into place, and to have, your first movie with a director like that, too, it’s a blessing and a curse, because it’s a blessing to have your first movie with a director like that, but it’s a curse in a sense that you really realise what a privilege it is to have a director like that for your first movie, and it’s hard to get back there again.” Sandhu talks about working with Diljit DosanjhSandhu is gearing up for her subsequent undertaking, Detective Sherdil, starring Diljit Dosanjh. She opened up about sharing the display screen area with Diljit and her function within the movie. While talking about her expertise within the movie, she mentioned, ” My experience of working on Detective Shield was… I think it was the funnest time I’ve ever had on a movie set, honestly. I had the best time. It was incredible working with an ensemble cast like this, and we shot in Budapest, and it was so beautiful, and I really had a blast on this one.” She added, “I think one of the main challenges for me was… I’m an actor who likes to have sufficient time to prep. I came on board of this movie like two weeks before they started shooting, so I didn’t have much time, but we kind of just went into like intensive modes, and really went in on rehearsals, and workshops. I felt supported, because my character is deaf, and for that there had to be a lot of research, and rehearsal, and also kind of observation as well, and understanding your scenes, so that those technicalities don’t come in the way of you acting when you’re on set.” Banita, who featured within the music video Jindh Mahi, alongside Diljit Dosanjh in 2018, shared her working expertise together with her within the film. “The great thing with Diljit is he is exactly the same as when I worked with him for the first time, as he was the second time. He is a kind of person who just keeps his head down, and he focusses, and he has a great work ethic, and incredible discipline, and I’m not surprised to see that he’s gotten to where he has, because I’ve seen him put in the work over all of these years, so it’s really fortunate for me to get to witness… someone who was really on the rise, and now to see them in like superstardom, it’s incredible. We made several reels on the sets,” she added. While praising Dosanjh for his fashion assertion, the Adithya Varma actor mentioned, “He’s the best-dressed man in India, hands down.” The movie boasts a stellar ensemble forged together with Diana Penty, Boman Irani, Ratna Pathak Shah, Chunky Panday, Sumeet Vyas, Kashmira Irani, and others. It is directed and edited by Ravi Chhabriya. The movie is about to premiere on Zee5 on June 20, 2025. (ANI)