I understand the trauma of body-shaming: Simran Tomar

Mumbai: Happy to have bagged the titular role in Nilanjana Purkayasstha and Herumb Khot’s ‘Chikoo – Yeh Ishq Nachaye’, actress Simran Tomar is leaving no stone unturned to entertain the audience.

Born in Jaunsar, Dehradun, the actor was raised in Delhi where she did theatre and was a part of the theatre society during her graduation at Gargi College (Delhi University).

“It feels great to be a part of ‘Chikoo- Yeh Ishq Nachaye’. The production house and the team are excellent. The success of every project depends on teamwork,” she says.

In the acting profession for about 6 years now and there wasn’t a day which didn’t feel good being an artist, shares Simran. Playing a lead in a show is a big deal. But when the show already has a fan base, a new character needs to put in extra effort. Simran felt the expectation pressure too.

“This is going to be my very first time on television, I’m getting used to this new schedule. The character is complex, layered, but we all are focusing on our performance and presentation. The show will now focus on how Chikoo, who is in her late teens, is being body-shamed in college.”

“I can understand the amount of trauma and fear one goes through when feeling rejected based on their looks. I have known a number of people being insecure with their own bodies. Chikoo is each one of us, who must have felt lost at one point and needs to turn things over,” she says.

Talking more on body-shaming, she continues: “Body-shaming happens when we create differences or division. And, we’ve already created differences based on multiple things, since childhood we’ve been asked to see or to do things in a particular way. Division has created such a compact society where one cannot see anything or anyone different than them. We need to be open, accepting and kind. We still need to learn a lot.”