Priyanka Chopra slams the current fad of 'reed-thin' beauty and talks about her upcoming films

Here’s one leading lady in Bollywood who says that she doesn’t endorse anorexic figures. And she’s Priyanka Chopra.

“It isn’t about getting thin at all. It’s just about toning my body. I don’t think you need to be reed-thin to be beautiful. I think Indian women look terrible when they try to get anorexic. We (Indian women) are naturally healthy. And by that I don’t mean voluptuous,” she says.

“But, yes, we’ve been given a certain kind of figure. We’re well proportioned and aesthetically endowed in all the right places. And by getting exceptionally thin, we’re going against nature,” Priyanka added.

She rebuffs rumours that she has lost weight to suit her characters in the upcoming films. “It’s the silliest story I’ve heard about myself in a long time.... on a par with the one about me being in Sydney with Harman Baweja for the New Year when I was actually shooting an ad in Bangkok,” said Priyanka, adding, “No, nobody has told me to do anything for the role in Fashion (her next film). Madhur Bhandarkar and I share great rapport. He didn’t ask me to lose weight for the character,” she added.

However, Priyanka has worked on herself for her next two roles as well, “I always like to work on my character. That’s why I work on one film at a time. For Fashion I opted for a toned body. I went on a health-conscious diet, though I didn’t cut down on my food or anything. And I’ll be using the same physique for my film with Karan Johar.”

“It’s set on the beach of Miami. Imagine two months in the sun and sand. So the toned body would be just what the
dietician ordered. But, sorry, I don’t get into a bikini for Karan’s film,” Priyanka was firm.

Karan Johar’s film also features Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham.