Richa Chadha Slams Trolls for Body-Shaming Katrina Kaif
Richa Chadha says the film industry respects working mothers, while social media anonymity emboldens the trolls targeting Katrina Kaif and Aishwarya Rai.
Richa Chadha has called out anonymous trolls who target female stars after they become mothers, saying the abuse rarely comes from the film industry itself. The actor was responding after Katrina Kaif was body-shamed following a public appearance after the birth of her son.
The industry is not the problem
Speaking to India Today, Richa argued that Bollywood has long respected women who balance motherhood with a career. She pointed to actors such as Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla, Rani Mukerji and Sonali Bendre as examples of women the industry continues to celebrate.
“I don’t think women should listen to anybody commenting on their body,” she said.
Her sharpest criticism was reserved for people who leave anonymous comments. Richa said social media gives ordinary people a licence to attack celebrities who have achieved far more than they have, and she called such commenters “losers” who deserve to be ignored.
Why the conversation keeps returning
The remarks land in a familiar cycle. Katrina Kaif was trolled after stepping out following the birth of Vihaan Kaushal, her first child with Vicky Kaushal, on November 7, 2025. Richa, who became a mother in 2024, said the abuse is not unusual for women in the public eye, but it should not be given more space than it deserves.
Richa was careful to draw a line between the film fraternity and the public. She said actors are generally respectful of colleagues who return to work as mothers, and that the harsher voices come from people emboldened by anonymity.
For fans, the message is part of a larger reckoning with post-partum body scrutiny. When a star like Katrina or Aishwarya Rai is judged for how quickly she “bounces back”, it quietly shapes how everyday women measure themselves too.
Katrina’s rule for online noise
Katrina has addressed the trolling herself. At a recent event in the UK, she said women should be careful not to let the social media narrative determine their self-worth. If she tried to cater to every critic, she added, she would be “paralysed with fear” and unable to make her own choices.
Her checklist for filtering the noise:
- Do not let online comments decide your worth.
- Make choices for yourself, not for anonymous critics.
- Celebrate yourself when the crowd will not.
Richa’s larger point is simpler: the trolls should get less attention, not more.
Source: Hindustan Times
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