Meet the Bollywood stars who have opted for plant-based diets.
In 2019, the Ved actor Riteish and super mom Genelia Deshmukh decided to go vegan after their son, Riaan, asked them how they could eat non-veg food if they loved their dog. They co-founded a plant-based meat brand called Imagine Meat.
Model-turned-actor John Abraham is one of the fittest fellows in Bollywood. He adores animals and has been vegetarian for a long time and always credits his eating habits for uplifting his sense of well-being.
Amitabh Bachchan too quit eating meat umpteen years ago. He told a KBC contestant: 'In my youth, I would eat but now I have left eating non-veg, sweets, rice, and pan'.
This new mummy, Alia Bhatt, has been vegetarian since childhood and turned vegan in 2020. A pet lover, she believes that a vegetarian diet is a way towards a healthy life. She owns a platform called Coexist, which is dedicated to raising awareness about animal welfare and environmental conservation.
The perfectionist of Bollywood, Aamir Khan, turned vegetarian in 2015 after his wife, Kiran Rao, showed him a video about how eating meat is bad for health.
Sonam Kapoor, who loves animals, has been vegetarian for a long time. A few years back, she even stopped consuming dairy products and turned vegan.
Since 2013, Kangana Raut has beend vegan. She was vegetarian before but gave up dairy due to some stomach problems she faced. She loves cooking vegetable pulaus and eats a lot of fruit, she told Times of India.
In 2019, Stree 2 actress Shraddha Kapoor turned vegan. She was named ‘the honest vegetarian’ of 2020 by PETA and enjoys plant-based foods.