Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's weight creates a storm in the international media arena

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's weight creates a storm in the international media arena
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The Western media is shocked at the criticism Aishwarya has been receiving in her home country, India. It is quite ironic because India is known to be welcome to all shapes and sizes unlike the West which has strict rules for celebrities to be stick thin, yet here the West is shocked at the level at which Ash is being slammed for having a few extra pounds on her body!

She was among the top trends all over the world in Yahoo and MSN. Trended at #1 on Yahoo and #3 on MSN worldwide. Every single major publication in the world - Huffingtion Post, Daily Mail, US Magazine, ABC News, Perez Hilton, Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, BBC and many more of such sites. Some other snapshots of the sites that covered the issue:











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Anonymous's picture

well looks like her biggest fans were her harshest critics

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now this is THE AISHWARIYA RAI BACHCHAN the only world recognized bollywood actress h€aters show some respect and accep she is the queen of bollywood

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The woman on the left in your very top pic is Claudia lynx. Duh.

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Fri, 2012-06-01 19:27 — Anonymous

When Ash still looks like this after 8 years of birth of her baby then we'll talk. She has just given birth 6 months ago and there might have been many other pregnancy complications so dont be so quick to judge.

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The tag Most Beautiful Woman in the World.. Is in Quotes! you know what it means ?

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she is a stunning beautiful and real woman
she is enjoying motherhood and concentrating on her child - not weight loss
you should give her encouragement as she is potraying a healthy self image to all new mothers

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she is also a human you know. if all other humans can get weight grow old. so then why can't her?

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I am sorry, I'm all for people losing weight at their own pace & no one has the right to pressurize new moms ..BUT in the case of Ash (& many other actors/actresses) I make an exception... This is a lady who has played the role of a Mom in sooo many movies where she has shown off her perfect figure & beauty while playing the mother of 8 yr old kids...so has she (& so many other actresses) not put pressure on the rest of the world then ??
So its ok for them to put pressure on others, but god forbid that the pressure should ever get to them, then they play the "we are just normal human beings" card...Sorry no pity for you & the likes of you ( & I am including 99% of Hollywood & Bollywood actors & actresses in this, so I'm not just anti-ash). You guys make movies portraying unrealistic situations...never once thinking how much that influences the minds of the audience & directly or indirectly pressurizes people. So yes, YOU are to blame if people think that a mom of two 10 yr olds can look like a super model.

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U nailed it

Anonymous- she has thyroid

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but i love Ash

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I find the first recent pic so beautiful and warm. She used to be very beautiful out of this world. Now she is beautiful in this world. She is an ICON.

All madhuri fans just go away. burn in your jealousy.

ASH IS BETTER THAN HER 1000000000000000000000000 MILLION TIMES

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Poor Aishwarya! And you all, have you seen her neck? If you had thiroyd problems, you wouldn't criticize her weight gain so easily!

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@soooooooooo not true..there sharmila tagore, dimple kapadia, hema malini..smita patel....all trail blaze

in those times (60s, 70s), women were often seen in sari's/indian dresses only, also in movies they used to play the role of a mother/housewife in general, so married women/mothers acting wasn't a big deal since they suited the role and public image. Sharmila was 22 when she married, dimple /shabhana used to do mainly art movies.
Even back then , no 40 year old heroine ever got to play a lead role in any commercial movies

Post 80-90's, India has changed rapidly ,and so has bollywood. Now audience does not generally accept older /married women or mothers . They wish to see glamorous, sexy babes are heroines. See which type of movies Madhuri- Karishma are getting, no top brand production house is signing them. Sonali, Urmila, Preeti, Raveena, Twinkle, Shilpa Shetty, all heroines from the 90's never got good movie offers after marriage/passing their prime age,. Aishwarya is an exception to this, she got many strong female centric roles in big commercial films after marriage, and will surely getting after motherhood as well.

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Tue, 2012-05-22 04:46 — Anonymous
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Earlier, Indians never cared about an actress once she gets married and becomes mother

soooooooooo not true..there sharmila tagore, dimple kapadia, hema malini..smita patel....all trail blazers

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U r wrong. which era u think i am actually referring to? I am talking about the recent past. Its not about 60s and 70s. What has got u confused? I have clearly specified the names of actresses so it should give u an idea that i am talking about 90s. i am asking to give me a single name of a popular film actress of 90s and 2000's who has made successful comeback and has signed major films after she got married.

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the lady is not working since two years, just sitting at home and enjoying being a mum and yet she creates a storm.
MORE POWER TO YOU ASH.

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Earlier, Indians never cared about an actress once she gets married and becomes mother

soooooooooo not true..there sharmila tagore, dimple kapadia, hema malini..smita patel....all trail blazers

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Aishwarya still rocks

can't wait to see her at cannes

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a new born child sleeps for 18 hrs a day.. especially throughtout the noon from 12 to 6.. you have all the time in the world to hit the gym.. i had a c-section and a broken treadmill in my house and lost 8 kgs in the first 6 months because i didnt know what else to do when my girl was taking a nap!!! so please stop playing the motherhood card and just say i am enjoying the break and the food and will get back to shape when i think i need to rather than put down all the new mothers who take an effort to loose weight atleast to make ourselves fit to get back to our work and family in full swing.

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Ash also has said the same thing through her hubby dearest, Abhishek bacchan that she is taking a break and enjoying the break and she will get back into shape whenever she needs to. Nobody listens. When she did hide behind the motherhood excuse? I haven't seen her saying anything like that in fact i haven't seen her speaking on anything for quite a while. Where do u get all this info from? Please gift her that broken treadmill of urs. It might turn out to be lucky for her. LOL. JK

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because indians are obsessed with only aishwarya not anyone else so dear it is your national obsession that makes the news not aishwarya-a kind of obsession that as a nation you call that brown chick as fair as she represents indian dream:whitened dark face

most of the news it s said like the above ....nothing about her stardom or fame

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all this drama is just before cannes and big b s reply just because keep aishwarya in the news in the eve of cannes as she doesnt have anything else to be a title....what a cheap media game

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keep believing in your own idea
even in that news it s said most indians obsessed with her for people like you thats why because of weight she is on the news others couldnt be in the news because most indians obsessed with only aishwarya not with others and this fact is not enough to prove her being mega star
by the way thanks for proving the news you are one of those obsessed crowd

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I am sure 'the bestest of bestest mother of World and of century' must be working on the weight right now. but this PRs are working day and night... if she can't lose disired weight then these article will work. otherwise praise by everyone on losing weight.....

Pa also started telling beti b's name on twitter.... right moment to pull all the attention from masses.

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Yup, shes a disgrace to womanhood, not for being unable to loose weight, but for being a two-faced little W....who goes around claiming shes better than the human race.

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THIS SHOWS AISH IS INTERNATIONAL

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Sun, 2012-05-20 09:01 — Anonymous

Ash is not like Madhuri, Karisma etc who won't get good films. She changed the dynamics of a married actress after her marriage, now she will change the dynamics of an actress mom. You just wait and watch.

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Sun, 2012-05-20 00:21 — Anonymous

So are you saying this is the first time Indian society has been so immature about a new mother's baby weight? No, there have been many other instances. But why did it come to the limelight only now? Because of Aishwarya. All these sites wrote about her when she got married, pregnant, gave birth, named her daughter etc. So please stop kidding yourself. Aishwarya is an international megastar and she will continue to be.

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beauty comes in all shapes, sizes and colors.

after racism and genderism, it seems sizeism is something we all need a lesson from.

LEARN TO RESPECT BOUNDARIES PEOPLE. A star or not, a person's body is sacred and never ever ever to be made into a judgement factory.

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@Shakuntela, Shame on you for suggesting someone to lose 5kgs a week. It is not only unhealthy but could create heart problems. How old are you? Less than 20 I think. Aishwarya is 40. Her body is different. It isn't the same. Also, Aishwarya has her daughter as a priority over her own body. Here is one celebrity who isn't vain and you guys still diss her? Unbelievable.

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This i so stupid, Aishwarya is not huge fat, lol. She look oke to me and pretty. Her body looks nice. Yeah her face isn't the same small anymore.. well can you blame her she is 38 and had a baby? She isn't on dieet, or working out because maybe some Bachchans rituels? So give her break? Bachchans are all supsititions persons like Abhi finally confirming the name after 6 months.A pandit must have told to them that.. not to announce it..

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I think it is the fault of the Bachchans like Jaya Bachchan.. pretty sure they don't want Aishwarya to get in shape. They want Aishwarya to look out for the baby all the time and do all the duties of a bahu etc.. at least that have mine sources have told me.. aishwarya doesn't seem to mind it.. as she is from a middle class family. Women aren't allow to look after themself if their family need to them etc.. And the interview of Abhi like Aishwarya send him to another room confirmed it , he need his sleep, and he wasn't allowed to do any duties etc.. In this kinda family men comes first, just look as Jaya. BUt LOL look at Abhi his career is almost over.. no way he is lead actor? So better for Abhi to look for another job or let Aishwarya work and take care of herself.. Feel sorry for Aishwarya to get married in a family like this? But then again she kinda like them she doesn't mind! I heard she does have a health problem also thats why she isn't loosing any fat? Because not forget being a house mum is difficult also.

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