MUMBAI : Katrina Kaif and Zareen Khan were frequently compared. The actress recently admitted that her comparisons "backfired" and had an adverse impact on her career. The actress starred alongside Salman Khan in the 2010 film Veer, revealed in a recent interview that one of the major setbacks to her career was her resemblance to Katrina.
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“Life after Veer was very bad for me, I got a lot of criticism. The film was a life-changing moment for me. Initially, I felt very happy that I was being compared to Katrina Kaif, but within the industry, things kept getting worse. For me, who used to be overweight, being compared to Katrina was huge, but it all backfired. I felt like a lost child in the industry, plus there was hesitation. I didn’t know most people here but they started to feel I was arrogant because Salman Khan launched me,” Zareen said on Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa’s podcast.
Zareen Khan went on to say that she used to wish she could stay home because criticism affected her so much. “There was a time I was even scared to step out of my house because people would comment on my clothes. That comparison went in a very negative way. I was given so many names, that at one point, I wanted to just sit at home. They all saw me as a failure,” she said.
The actress said that she struggled to pay her bills and ultimately stopped getting work because of the comparisons. “I was not getting work for a very long time after Veer. Perception about me changed after the song ‘Character Dheela’ in Ready. That time, I was taking up whatever work was coming to me. I don’t come from a wealthy household, I am the sole breadwinner of my house, so at that time, I wanted a job to run my home. Then Hate Story came, but it was a very weird time in my life,” she added.
The latest film in which Zareen Khan appeared was Hum Bhi Akele Tum Bhi Akele in 2021.
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