Ali Zafar Slams Body-Shaming of Katrina Kaif, Shares Strong Message

Katrina Kaif stepped into motherhood in November last year welcomed their first child, son Vihaan with her husband Vicky Kaushal  Following childbirth, Katrina, like other new mothers, has experienced various physical and hormonal changes.

Katrina recently joined husband Vicky Kaushal at Mukesh and Nita Ambani’s Ganpati celebration, where her postpartum body faced criticism and body-shaming on social media. As trolls compared Katrina’s recent appearance with her past pictures, her fans came to her defense online.

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Katrina’s co-star Ali Zafar in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan film, defended the actress in a video that rapidly expanded attention on social media.

After seeing numerous social media posts relating Kaif’s past and present look, Zafar decided to speak out the criticism openly.

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He also pointed out that he has long spoken against trolling based on someone’s appearance, including when Mahira Khan and other Pakistani colleagues faced such comments.

He added, “We all need to look within ourselves. Mainly as a man, if I am talking about this, I think it is very significant for us to look within ourselves and make the compulsory alterations. We have all made blunders in life; no one is picture-perfect. But it is important to recognize those blunders and correct them. But if we talk man to man, the privilege we assume comes with being a man, and the way we perceive a woman, her body, the way she thinks and the way she lives — if she does not fit the standards that we have created, we immediately put that woman down.”

On the idealistic beauty criteria, he said, “This is wrong; this is not the right way to look at things. Every person is going through their own struggles, and we do not know what someone else might be dealing with. So, we should be kind to people, compassionate, understanding, accepting and appreciative. If you study the renaissance, in the earlier era, concepts about women’s bodies were different. Then came a time when women were expected to have a zero figure, and even towards men, the expectations about six-pack abs are not realistic. They are not healthy. It’s not healthy to always criticise other people. They are all human beings and we have the potential to be nice to each other.”

And lastly he saying, “We all have a past. I will feel ashamed if I ever criticise someone on the basis of their looks. We all must look inside and, as men, we should correct ourselves that we shouldn’t do this. Every woman has their life, what she has gone through, what her past, present or future, let her live, and you live your life.”

The controversy also came after a recent post by Pakistani entertainment commentator Dr Ejaz Waris, who received criticism for his remarks about Katrina’s appearance. Reports said his comments were seen as mocking her changed look and weight.

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Even though Ali did not name the person behind the comments, the timing and attention of his video generated rumor that he was speaking the wider debate around the body-shaming directed at Katrina.