Actor Rajkummar Rao has addressed rumours that he got a plastic surgery done. While he refuted the claims of going under the knife, he has said that the pressure to look good is as high on male actors as it’s on female actors.
Rajkummar sparked plastic surgery rumours after his photos from a recent event left social media divided, with many pointing out his “long pointed chin”. Rajkummar had posed for shutterbugs at a concert in Mumbai and many on social media commented how he looked “different”.
“First time when it started, I looked at that picture and I felt this is weird,” Rajkummar told Film Companion. “People are seeing me now… I don’t look like the guy in that picture I was like, ‘has someone done something to this image?’ It’s too clean to be believable. But then noise started and it spread like wildfire. And I was like, ‘wow, what’s happening?’ People told me, ‘It’s good… you’re a part of meme culture. It means you’re famous. Don’t worry about it.’ Also, I know my truth. I know I haven’t done it,” the actor added.
Rajkummar further said that even if he had done it, he still wouldn’t have felt “guilty” because it would have been “my decision”.
“Then a couple of days back, some interviews were lined and everybody wanted to know about this, and being an honest guy, I gave my answer and said, ‘yeah I did what I had to do nine years back.’ It doesn’t bother me because I know eventually it’s the work people will talk about. That’s the most important thing about me because I’m still the same person. I’m still the same actor and I’m still as hungry as I was 10 years ago. I can totally disconnect. And I’m the kind of person who will always keep my (his) chin up,” the actor said.
When asked if the pressure to look good is the same for male actors as it’s for their female counterparts, he said, “It’s the same. Maybe not so bad that they talk about your chappals, but it happened to me recently, so I know. One wrong angle, one wrong picture, one wrong moment captured, and people would just talk about it for no reason. I don’t know how it became like this. It was never like this. Now, you go to the airport and wonder what if there are paps there. I’m not carrying my cap, it’s a bad hair day, the picture will come, and there will be bad comments. That pressure is there which is so weird. But having said that, our paps are still very sweet. If you request them to not take a photo on a certain day, they understand that. But the pressure is definitely there.”
On the work front, Rajkummar Rao is currently gearing up for the release of Srikanth. The film features Rajkummar in the role of visually impaired industrialist Srikanth Bolla. The song gives a glimpse into Srikanth’s life journey, from his birth to becoming a successful entrepreneur.
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