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Patralekhaa Calls Out Pap Pages for Postpartum Body-Shaming

Her post refocuses attention on how paparazzi coverage can fuel body-shaming of new mothers.

Overview

  • Patralekhaa, who posted on Instagram on Friday, rebuked pap pages for a viral clip captioned “What’s happened to her?” and wrote that she has “just given birth.”
  • She said her weight gain is a normal postpartum change and added, “I have not sat and eaten a mountain,” noting she delivered a baby while producing two films.
  • The clip followed her appearance at a Mumbai screening of Toaster, the Netflix film she produced that stars Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra.
  • Support poured in from peers as Neha Dhupia urged people to stop commenting on new mothers’ bodies and Uorfi Javed told critics, “no pregnancy, no opinion.”
  • Coverage of the exchange has widened a recurring conversation in India about unrealistic “bounce back” expectations and the role pap captions play in shaping online pile-ons.