Not just to women, but unrealistic body standards have been fed to men as well. If you look at star-studded Bollywood films, magazines, and advertisements, you will find that most men featured in them often appear with 6-pack abs and a chiselled look.
‘Rang De Basanti’ actor Siddharth took to Twitter to call out this trend. He called it “exaggerated fantasies” that are allegedly achieved using steroids and growth hormones.
Sharing pictures of the late Dara Singh, Siddharth wrote, “This is how strong men in cinema used to look back in the day. Today you see exaggerated fantasies that look nothing like what a body should. And achieved with steroids and growth hormones to boot.”
Have a look at his tweet here:
This is how real strong men in cinema used to look back in the day. Today you see exaggerated fantasies that look nothing like what a body should. And achieved with steroids and growth hormones to boot. Remembering real #DaraSingh.
Work out. Don't sell out. #BodyImage #Reality https://t.co/1AAAuHG9rd
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) July 12, 2021
Responding to his post, some people disagreed and said that the kind of exercises which actors perform and the diet which they follow are completely different from that of the older generation.
It’s not true. Exercises have changed diet has changed.
— angel sharma (@angel_86_libran) July 12, 2021
So we are going to take health advice from movie stars as usual as it is safe and backed by professional research.
— Sandesh yapuram (@Sandeshyapuram1) July 12, 2021
However, there were many who supported his claim and said that steroids play a big role in making leading actors look the way they do. They added that while they look chiselled, they are ultimately harming their bodies.
Absoultely, i have seen how youth nowadays for that few attention using steriods and harming their body without understanding its repercussions
— Champions of Europe 🏆 🏆 (@Dutt_AJ) July 12, 2021
Finally sme1 speaks about Steroids usage in Bollywood 👏🏽👏🏽
— Ronald Lawrance (@ManRonUtd) July 12, 2021
Irony is that they all preach about health and fitness 😀
— Shamir Karedath (@ShamirKS) July 12, 2021
And equipment has changed as well. More machines for muscle isolation. Earlier only strength was targeted not overall body training.
— angel sharma (@angel_86_libran) July 12, 2021
end this masculinity
— rush (@namjincrack) July 12, 2021
Ads contribute a lot to this.
— Prasoon Karunan V (@prasoonkarunan) July 12, 2021
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