Actress and Kabir Khan‘s wife, Mini Mathur, who recently won the reality show ‘Alliance’, has opened up about the stigma around commenting on women’s bodies and the terms used to describe homemakers. She shared candid thoughts on physical boundaries and urged men to stop passing remarks on women’s appearance.
Mini Mathur on body comments
Speaking on The Male Feminist podcast for Hauterrfly, Mini Mathur was asked what men should stop saying to women. She responded, “Commenting on physicality. Are you feeling tired? Did you not get sleep? Did you put on weight? Oh you lost weight? What happened? From both sides, men and women… it is bad to comment like that. When did I give you permission to shorten this distance between you and me? That you are seeing my body and commenting about it?”
Mini Mathur on maintaining boundaries and unsolicited advice
Mini Mathur further spoke about maintaining physical and emotional distance, especially when it comes to questions about having children. She said, “Maintain some physical proximity. Asking women, what about kids? Have one more kid. It is great fun… Apni advice apne paas rakhiye (Keep your advice to yourself). When asked, only then respond. And stop calling people housewife, homemaker! That irritates me. I am a homemaker, and I work but I am a homemaker with great pride. So don’t look at me and dare ask why am I not working? I am working on many things you don’t even know!”
About Mini Mathur’s career
Mini Mathur began her television career with Tol Mol Ke Bol alongside R Madhavan, before becoming a popular MTV VJ. She rose to household fame with her stint on the singing reality show Indian Idol and has since worked extensively across television, streaming platforms and films, including the series ‘Mind the Malhotras’.Mini is married to filmmaker Kabir Khan.She has emerged as the winner of the first season of Amazon Prime Video’s reality show ‘Alliance’, hosted by Kunal Kemmu, on August 5, 2026. She beat runner-up Aly Goni and second runner-up Ruhee Dosani in the grand finale to take home the trophy and a cash prize of Rs 50 lakh.
