Bollywood is a hub of wealth, fame and luxurious lifestyles, where artists can see their lives transformed overnight. However, few people know how much effort is required and what difficulties they have to go through to achieve success.
Actress Ritabhari Chakraborty is one such example. She entered India’s Bengali film industry and soon achieved success, but then something happened that revealed the reality of the Indian film industry to her.
Speaking in an interview with NDTV, actress Ritabhari spoke openly about her physical transformation and the film industry’s attitude towards it. According to the actress, her weight increased because of surgeries and medication, and she later had to gain an additional 15 kilograms for a role.
Ritabhari said that after gaining weight, she faced severe criticism from a section of social media users, as if she had taken something away from someone.
The Bengali actress revealed that after gaining weight, she lost several film roles. At one point, she also followed extremely strict diets to keep herself slim.
She said that after gaining weight, she was deprived of several roles. “Men constantly want to see thin women, and sadly, their opinion often becomes the most important opinion.”
Ritabhari said that early in her career, she was herself underweight, and at one point her doctor advised her to gain weight because she had undergone repeated surgeries.
The actress also made surprising revelations about her past dieting habits, saying that she would completely avoid carbohydrates for as long as 10 days and would even stop drinking water before shoots so that she would look better in photographs.
She further said that even after working for 16 hours, she would not skip exercising on the treadmill. However, repeated surgeries and spending several months confined to bed made this impossible.
Ritabhari said that after buying her dream home in 2024, she was busy decorating it. One day, while climbing the stairs, she noticed that she was becoming more breathless than usual.
Following the incident, she decided to change her lifestyle. She now keeps herself active even at home, walks on the rooftop, listens to music and tries to remain constantly on the move.
According to Ritabhari, she also sought the help of a nutritionist to lose weight, whose contact was provided to her by actress Subhashree Ganguly.
It is worth mentioning that Ritabhari Chakraborty gained fame through the television show Ogo Bodhu Sundori, after which she moved into films.
She has appeared in several successful Bengali films, including Fatafati, Bohurupi and Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti. In 2017, she also played a significant role in Anushka Sharma’s supernatural film Pari.
Alongside acting, Ritabhari has also ventured into production and writing. She acted in and produced the short film Naked.
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