Overview

• Vaani Kapoor shares that early in her career a filmmaker dropped her for not being “milky white”, exposing rampant colourism in Bollywood.
• She reveals ongoing body-shaming for her slim figure and refuses to change her weight, asserting that she is fit and healthy.
• Without a film-family background, Kapoor moved from New Delhi to Mumbai to pursue acting and secured standout roles in Shuddh Desi Romance and War.
• Kapoor headlines Netflix’s Mandala Murders, a crime thriller co-directed by Gopi Puthran and Manan Rawat, which premieres on July 25.
• Pointing to gender stereotypes, she warns that feistiness in women is often misread as anger, advocating for broader acceptance of female agency.