How Botox culture is ruining the careers of heroines? Acting is fading due to the desire for perfect face

Nowadays, the face of every heroine in Bollywood has started looking similar. Cheekbones high, lips full, chin sharp. But this is not natural beauty, it is the magic of Botox, fillers and surgery. This culture is destroying the acting and career of heroines in order to make them look glamorous. The face becomes stiff, expressions freeze, and the audience starts trolling. Bhumi Pednekar is a live example of this.

In debut with Simple Girl Next Door today ‘What happened to the face?’ Till now, Bhumi’s Botox has made her like other actresses, but due to this, the stain on her career will hardly be removed.

Bhumi Pednekar’s debut: The magic of natural looks

Bhumi Pednekar’s Bollywood journey started in 2015 with the film ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’. In that, she played the role of an overweight girl, where her face was round, the cheekbones seemed hidden, but the nose, lips and chin looked completely natural. The audience praised her brilliant acting and liked her simple ‘girl next door’ look. Her USP was her non-glamorous and absolutely real face.

When Bhumi lost weight

Then in 2017, Bhumi Pednekar’s second film ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ was released. The actress was seen in a new avatar in this film. That means Bhoomi had lost a lot of weight. Due to weight loss his features became more prominent. All his expressions are clearly visible in this film, be it laughter, anger or sadness. After this, fans once again liked Bhumi’s acting in all these films like ‘Shubhamangal Savdhaan’, ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’, ‘Love Story’, ‘Son Chidiya’ and ‘Bala’. Overall, she did 11 films from 2015 to 2020. If you notice, in most of the films the actress has played the roles of ordinary girls from tier-2/3 cities. Perhaps this very thing would have started bothering them and Bhumi might have felt that she might not get type cast in this industry. In such a situation, we saw some other land.

Botox process started from 2020

After this, Bhumi Pednekar was seen in ‘Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare’, where her features were seen somewhat changed. In this film, the actress’s nose looked altered and her cheeks were fuller. Also, if you note, after the year 2020, Bhumi started appearing in films with a diva girl look, which include films like ‘Thank You for Coming’, ‘The Lady Killer’, ‘Bhakshak’, ‘Mere Husband Ki Biwi’ and ‘The Royals’.

When Bhumi’s lips became thicker and fuller cheeks

Bhumi was trolled fiercely for the film ‘Thank You for Coming’ in 2023. By the time this film came, the entire face of the actress had changed. Especially her lips. His lips would often pout while speaking dialogues. After this, people’s attention went to her lips in every film.

‘The Royals’ and No Expression in the Swamp

The films ‘The Royals’ (Netflix) and ‘Daldal’ (Amazon Prime) were released in 2025-26. Where the face appeared frozen in the close-ups of the film. Bhumi was not able to give expression in any scene even if she wanted to. His face appeared stiff in every scene of sadness, laughter and fear. The reason for this is Botox. In the year 2017, Bhumi had said in an interview that people tell her that her lips are heavy, on this the actress had said that people get surgery done for lips like mine.

Peer pressure and glamor trap

It would not be wrong to say that perhaps this could also be a peer pressure, where outsiders like Bhumi could make their place in the elite circles. Perhaps Bhumi wanted glamorous roles to avoid stereotypes, or the pressure from producers and directors that you should have sharp features, wrinkle-free face, because if you see, nowadays every heroine’s face has started looking like this.

Napo Stars: Khushi, Shanaya, Janhvi’s case

This botox culture is badly affecting Napo kids too. For example, in Shanaya Kapoor’s film ‘Tu Ya Were’, fear, happiness or other emotions all look the same – her face is completely stiff. In Janhvi Kapoor’s case, there are clear signs of high cheekbones and fillers; After ‘Gunjan Saxena’ his face changed, and now his expressions are very limited. Even before Khushi Kapoor’s debut, there are rumors that her lips and chin have been altered. Also, she herself had told that she wants to look beautiful. That’s why he resorted to these surgeries. All these actresses are stuck in the trap of becoming glamorous divas, but their acting has become completely flat. There is an epidemic of Ozempic and Munjaro going on in the industry. Look at Karan Johar’s ‘Death Face’, it does not look natural at all.

Old actresses natural beauty wins

The actresses of the 80’s and 90’s used to embrace their aging instead of hiding it. The faces of stars like Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla and Tabu have never lost their depth with the passage of time. Especially Madhuri’s smile looks as genuine and charming even today, which connects directly with the audience without any artificial touch. Even though Sridevi did some cosmetic experiments in the last phase of her career, in her initial years her natural screen presence became the identity of superhit films.