7 Bollywood stars who were bullied over looks, called ugly
Riya Sharma
Anushka Sharma revealed that she was told that she was "too plain” looking and was even labelled "plain jane.”
Vidya Balan revealed that she was bullied for her body shape and faced rejections due to this
Shah Rukh Khan revealed that a director friend of his once told him, “you are so ordinary and ugly looking.”
Taapsee Pannu revealed in an interview how she faced rejections due to her curly hair, no big ‘doe eyes’ and small nose.
Ranveer Singh revealed being told by the producers, "You’re not Hrithik Roshan, toh tu acting kar lena (so you please act)."
Rajkummar Rao once recalled losing role because he wasn’t fair, “Acting is fine, but I can’t give you a lead part because leading heroes are supposed to be fair and muscular."
Richa Chadha once revealed in an interview, “In my initial days, I have had press call me ugly. They called me names for my appearance in a film where I was not required to look glamorous.”
Madhuri Dixit once revealed, "People used to say that I don’t look like a heroine because I was a very young girl, from Maharashtrian roots, very petite, thin."
Nawazuddin Siddiqui initially faced many rejections due to his dark-skin tone and was told that he doesn’t look like a film actor.