Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor took the stage at the FICCI Young Leaders Summit in Mumbai and delivered a candid and emotional talk on his struggles with obesity, mental health and the profound loss of his mother Mona Shourie Kapoor. He stressed the importance of normalising therapy and embracing vulnerability as a strength rather than a weakness.
Kapoor revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic was a turning point for him. “I started therapy after realising that I hadn’t taken care of myself for a decade.” He also reflected on the emotional storm of his mother’s death in 2012, saying, “I was mourning and celebrating at the same time. I became a star overnight, but I was only running away from my pain.”
On his weight battle, Kapoor shared, “Losing 50 kilos took me four years. It was as much a mental battle as a physical one. I was lucky to have my mother’s support, but many people don’t have that kind of emotional or financial backing. When you lose your backbone at 25, what can the world do to you?”
He urged younger people to value mental health and therapy. “There’s nothing wrong with being vulnerable,” Kapoor emphasised, adding that “the strongest people are those who can acknowledge their emotions.” He described therapy as a “safe outlet for expression, helping individuals feel empowered and sensible.”
In closing, he encouraged the audience to “wear their emotions with pride” and insisted that one “can be emotional and still be powerful.”
Kapoor’s comments come at a time when mental-health dialogue in Bollywood is growing more open, and his personal confession adds a strong voice to the discussion.
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