“The Royals” actress Bhumi Pednekar under fire from viewers who say she prioritised lips to the plot

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00:00Lips don't lie. The Royals on Netflix has sparked a wave of curiosity online

00:04about actress Bhoomi Paatnekar's speculated lip job.

00:08Yes, the chatter seems to be getting more eyeballs than the plot itself.

00:12Many film viewers argue that the alleged lip job was interfering with her ability to express,

00:17which impacted the overall experience.

00:20Mostly administered with the aim of getting the perfect pout,

00:23a lip job often ends up looking like the infamous duck face,

00:26with parted lips that don't seem to meet.

00:28Well, Bhoomi isn't the first actor whose lips,

00:31or at least the conversation surrounding her lips,

00:33have got in the way of her acting.

00:35More than a decade ago, in 2014, it was actress Anushka Sharma.

00:39She had admitted to using a temporary lip enhancement tool back then.

00:43This came after her appearance in Coffee with Karan

00:45and her performance in Bombay Velvet and PK,

00:48which led to the inevitable speculation about her exaggerated lips.

00:52From Dolly Parton to Kylie Jenner and even Orfi Javed,

00:55many have confessed to using lip fillers.

00:57But clearly, not all lip fillers end in plump perfection.

01:01Lip fillers are actually not a new phenomenon at all,

01:04and date back to the 1900s and have somewhat of a dark origin.

01:07Initially made from animal fat,

01:09they were used to reconstruct lips damaged by tuberculosis.

01:12Since then, there was no turning back,

01:14from liquid paraffin, animal bone collagen, to even silicon.

01:18Everything was used to get the desired pout.

01:20Cut to 2025, hyaluronic acid is now used in lip fillers.

01:24Where do you fillers? Are they good, bad or ugly?

01:27Let us know in the comments below.