Overview

• In 2003 a TV executive projected her video in a conference room, circled her stomach on screen and rejected it for being “too fat” despite her weighing 50 kg.
• Bhasin said she ingested over half a bottle of unsupervised fat burners in anger, leading to two days of vomiting in an attempted suicide her bandmates never learned about.
• As a member of Viva, India’s first all-girl pop group formed in 2002, she was put on fat-burner pills without informed consent, reflecting early industry norms.
• Her recent disclosures build on a 2022 diagnosis of low progesterone and a 2024 revelation of long-term premenstrual dysphoric disorder that hampers her monthly well-being.
• Experts and media commentators have urged the industry to confront gendered harassment and expand mental health and hormonal support for artists.