Ritabhari Chakraborty Chose ‘Fatafati’, Gained Weight To Spread Message Of Body Positivity – FilmyVoice
Bengali actress Ritabhari Chakraborty, who has been getting quite a lot of optimistic response to her work within the Bengali movie ‘Fatafati’, has shared that she selected the movie out of all tasks that she had on the time of signing as a result of she needed to ship out a social message surrounding physique positivity. The actress additionally gained weight for her position.
The actress mentioned that she had two surgical procedures in 2020, after which she gained six kgs, although it’s not an enormous quantity however for an actress, it’s rather a lot as a result of there are particular expectations from actresses of her age.
She mentioned, “Aritra Mukherjee (the director of the movie) and I’ve completed ‘Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti’ collectively and when ‘Fatafati’ got here to his thoughts, he needed me to be a part of it, nevertheless, the problem was that I needed to go from medium to XL for it which suggests gaining 15-20 kilos extra.”
The actress shared that this character got here to her when she had a few different tasks underway. For one challenge, she needed to lose all the additional kilos whereas for ‘Fatafati’, she needed to go cumbersome.
She additional talked about, “I’ve realised that if we’re both skinny or cumbersome, the viewers will touch upon our our bodies in both of those instances. As an actor, I selected ‘Fatafati’ as a result of I needed to unfold a message about physique positivity. For this position, I got here again after two surgical procedures, therefore my coach made positive so as to add candy potatoes and stuff like Ghee which might bulk me up however not hurt my physique”
‘Fatafati’ additionally stars Abir Chatterjee and has been directed by Aritra Mukherjee.
Speaking concerning the movie, Ritabhari mentioned, “‘Fatafati’ weaves collectively a strong narrative that holds a mirror as much as the viewers. Unrealistic societal requirements of magnificence are detrimental to the vanity of girls. No two our bodies are the identical, however all deserve respect and acceptance”.
“I’ve had my very own struggles with physique picture through the years, so enjoying the character of Phullora was each a private and liberating expertise for me. It not solely made me really feel extra comfy in my pores and skin but in addition helped me embrace my individuality. The movie celebrates all of the variations that make every of us uniquely Fatafati”, she added.
The movie has been produced by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee underneath the banner of Home windows Productions.
After getting good response on the box-office, the movie dropped on Sony LIV on Friday.
