{"id":428856,"date":"2026-05-02T14:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T14:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/428856\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T14:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T14:51:09","slug":"swara-bhaskar-swara-bhaskar-slams-body-shamers-over-post-pregnancy-weight-womens-bodies-have-more-purpose-than-sexualisation-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/428856\/","title":{"rendered":"Swara Bhaskar: Swara Bhaskar slams body-shamers over post-pregnancy weight: \u2018Women\u2019s bodies have more purpose than sexualisation\u2019 | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Swara Swara Bhaskar<\/a> has strongly reacted to trolls who targeted her over post-pregnancy weight gain, calling out the \u201cbizarre\u201d criticism she has faced since embracing motherhood.The actress recently shared a throwback picture from 2018, which drew body-shaming comments online. In response, Swara posted a collage featuring the old image alongside a recent photo of her holding her daughter Raabiya, choosing to address the trolling head-on.Calling out the scrutiny around her body, she wrote, \u201cThis is a hill I will repeatedly die on! The kind of rage and anger I\u2019ve encountered in the last few years because my body has changed after childbirth and because I refuse to lose the weight on the timeline of strangers on the internet… is bizarre!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018I chose not to bounce back\u2019<\/p>\n

Taking a firm stand against unrealistic expectations, Swara emphasised that physical changes after childbirth are natural and not something to be apologised for. <\/p>\n

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Exclusive- Swara Bhaskar On Things She Loves, Skincare Favourites & More!\u201cAfter I had a baby (now 2.5 years ago) I chose NOT TO BOUNCE BACK. Because once you have a baby \u2014 there\u2019s no back \u2014 you are a parent for the rest of your life… Life changes fundamentally and that\u2019s okay,\u201d she shared.She added that while many women may miss their pre-pregnancy selves, forcing the body to fit into past versions can be harmful. \u201cOf course we miss our old life, our young and free version, our thinner and tighter bodies but to mindlessly keep idealising our younger thinner selves- to force our bodies to bounce back or here and there and fit into versions of your past that are gone, is a kind of cruelty. Our bodies have conceived, carried, nurtured, delivered and nourished a whole other human being. Of course they will change and that\u2019s okay!!!!! This constant pressure to look desirable for the camera or internet or strangers, this incessant shaming of women for carrying postpartum weight, the judgement of women for not losing or not wanting to lose weight it is both unintelligent and nasty,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

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\u2018It\u2019s nobody\u2019s business\u2019<\/p>\n

Swara also addressed the constant pressure on women to look a certain way, especially after childbirth, and the tendency to equate appearance with worth.\u201cIt\u2019s nobody\u2019s business. Women should live their lives the way they want. And no, this is not an argument against fitness. Or health. This is an argument to honour our bodies and stop forcing ourselves to remain in boxes we\u2019ve outgrown. Life is an onward forward going journey. It\u2019s okay to give our bodies that grace too,\u201d she clarified, underlining that her stance is about choice, not neglect.The actress concluded by asserting that her professional abilities have nothing to do with her physical appearance, making it clear that conventional beauty standards do not define her craft.”P.S. and to the \u201cbut you are an actor\u201d gang- weight and acting ability have zero correlation.. Don\u2019t fall into the good looks are essential for actors trap. They are not. Craft and ability are important to be a good actor. Most of the best actors this country has produced were never conventionally good looking! I said what i said.#LeaveMammasAlone\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swara Bhaskar has strongly reacted to trolls who targeted her over post-pregnancy weight gain, calling out the \u201cbizarre\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[8956,93,187405,61,60,270,69548,187404,187406,187411,187409,187407,187410,187408],"class_list":["post-428856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-body-shaming","tag-entertainment","tag-fitness-after-childbirth","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-post-pregnancy-weight","tag-swara-bhaskar","tag-swara-bhasker-body-shaming","tag-swara-bhasker-daughter-raabiyaa","tag-swara-bhasker-motherhood","tag-swara-bhasker-post-pregnancy-weight","tag-swara-bhasker-self-acceptanc","tag-swara-bhasker-weight-gain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}