{"id":790590,"date":"2026-07-09T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/790590\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:25:08","slug":"anjali-anand-defends-fat-shaming-jokes-in-dhamaal-4-trailer-i-didnt-victimize-it-in-the-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/790590\/","title":{"rendered":"Anjali Anand Defends Fat-Shaming Jokes In Dhamaal 4 Trailer: &#8216;I Didn&#8217;t Victimize It In The Film&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anjali Anand, who shot to the limelight with her performance in Karan Johar&#8217;s Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, has been paired opposite Riteish Deshmukh in Dhamaal 4. The trailer shows fat jokes being cracked at the expense of Anjali&#8217;s weight. Despite being vocal about societal prejudice, why Anjali agreed to do the role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People often say to me, &#8216;How can you do a film like this when you are so vocal and stand against people making fun of somebody?&#8217; But this is society \u2014 people are still making fun of me even after I have proven myself. People are still trolling me online,&#8221; Anjali told<a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/entertainment\/bollywood\/anjali-anand-defends-fat-shaming-jokes-in-dhamaal-4-delusional-to-think-ill-be-in-alpha-10777084\/\" rel=\"noindex,nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Screen.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are commenting, &#8216;kis bhains ko le liye&#8217;, &#8216;Riteish ke kya din aa gaye the ki isko iss heroine ke saath kaam karna pad raha hai&#8217;, &#8216;industry ke kya din aa gaye, heroine nahi bachi hai kya&#8217; \u2014 these are the comments. Until society changes, scripts won&#8217;t change,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Anjali&#8217;s logic is that she would defy the system by being a part of it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If there is a fat-girl part, I will play it because if I don&#8217;t do it, someone else will. I don&#8217;t want that to happen because I know the way to play this and not victimize the character. I didn&#8217;t victimize her in the film at all. She is a very strong girl. Her name is Paro. Once you see the film, you will know why she is there and what&#8217;s happening. Mazak udna tab bandh hoga, jab real life mein bhi mazak udna bandh hoga (People will stop cracking such jokes in films when it happens in real life),&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>In an afterthought, Anjali said, &#8220;I would be delusional to think I should be cast as an alpha. I don&#8217;t look like an alpha; I will get films based on how I look, and this will continue until people&#8217;s thinking changes and directors think beyond. Why will they cast me in a film that people will not come to see?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anjali made her debut with the web show Untag. She starred in the Star Plus show Dhai Kilo Prem. Her second show in 2018, Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala, became a huge success. While Anjali&#8217;s first film was Bell Bottom, it was her role in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani in 2023 that became her breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Anjali Anand worked on Bun Tikki and Dabba Cartel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anjali Anand, who shot to the limelight with her performance in Karan Johar&#8217;s Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":790591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[174559,49,48,144551,279214,75,337],"class_list":["post-790590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-anjali-anand","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dhamaal-4","tag-dhamaal-4-trailer","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}