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Diana Penty is one of the most loved actresses of Bollywood. She recently found herself in the spotlight for her latest Amazon Original series release, Do You Wanna Partner. She stars alongside Tamannaah Bhatia as two best friends who are businesswomen. But behind her calm confidence lies a journey marked by experiences many young women can relate to. Long before fame found her, Diana was just another Mumbai college student navigating crowded local trains and battling insecurities about her appearance. In an old interview, she opened up about facing harassment and being body-shamed — moments that deeply shaped the woman she is today. Read on to know more.
Diana Penty Shares Her Distressing Mumbai Local Chapter
Before fame and films, Diana Penty was just another college girl navigating Mumbai’s crowded local trains. She recalled one particularly distressing chapter from that time. In an interview with Hautterfly, Diana said, “I think every girl in Bombay has gone through this. To go to college, St. Xavier’s, I used to take the train — the central line from Byculla to VT and then walk to college. There’s catcalling, and people try to elbow you. It became a part of daily life. I was a very shy, underconfident, self-conscious, and awkward girl. I would go into a shell. It would scare me. I didn’t have the confidence to elbow back.”
Diana Penty On Being Body-Shamed For Being Too Skinny
Diana further shared that she was body shamed right from childhood to the age of six, seven years ago. Even before she entered Bollywood, Diana faced harsh comments about her appearance. The Cocktail actress shared, “It scared me. You’re a child, and if people keep telling you, ‘Oh, you’re so skinny, you don’t eat?’ And some aunties would go up to my mother and say this. She used to get so irritated and upset — like, why wouldn’t I feed my child? As a child, it scars you, you start becoming conscious of the fact that you’re too skinny.”
