Maanvi Gagroo On Rigid Beauty Standards: Weight Loss Miracle Injections Came And We Regressed - EXCL

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Gagroo is currently gearing up for the release of her film, Heer Sara Aur Pondicherry. The actress will be seen alongside Patralekhaa in the Kartik Chaudhry directorial. It has been scheduled for a big-screen release on June 12. Days before its arrival, Zoom exclusively interviewed Maanvi, who got candid about her upcoming project and rigid beauty standards in the industry. The actress admitted that real change was around the corner. However, one particular thing made us regress decades. And that thing is weight loss injections. Here's what she had to share!

Maanvi Gagroo discusses rigid beauty standards

In conversation with us, Maanvi revealed that the film industry will always remain a microcosm of the society we live in, fortunately or unfortunately. "Are there more conversations around rigid & gender skewed beauty standards? Yes. Are they amounting to real change and opportunities? Not so sure. While a lot of alternate media is pushing for this change, mainstream media still is very rigid in this respect," she said.

The actress recalled a high momentum of such conversations which happened a few years ago. "It felt like real change was around the corner but then came the weight loss miracle injections. And we all regressed decades. ‘Heroin chic’, ‘tummy tuckers’, ‘snapback’, etc are all very much back in our vocabulary," added Maanvi.

Maanvi Gagroo on Heer Sara Aur Pondicherry

In the same chat, Maanvi discussed her upcoming film, Heer Sara Aur Pondicherry. The actress confessed that she loved the language of this film, while the dialogues felt real, conversational and authentic to the storyline. Talking about it metaphorically, the actress felt this movie tries to capture a feeling, desire and urge to take charge of one's own life.

When the actress was asked if she ever felt the need to escape and take a break from everything, she said, "Not really. I try to live a life I wouldn’t need to escape from." Maanvi admitted that she tries to enjoy and live every moment of her life to its fullest. However, she agreed that there are moments of exhaustion and quick reset can come in form a short trip, coffee date with loved one or just a long night's sleep.That said, Heer Sara Aur Pondicherry follows the story of two women who set out on a motorcycle journey to Pondicherry. Are you looking forward to watching this movie? Tweet @TimesNow and share your thoughts on X.