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7 Bollywood Celebrities You Didn't Know Had Turned Vegan or Vegetarian

Anuja Joshi
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
These Bollywood celebrities in spotlight will probably inspire you to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle!
1. Amitabh Bachchan
This veteran Bollywood actor decided to adopt vegetarianism in the year 2000 for a healthier life. He also received a PETA award for being the most popular vegetarian celebrity in India.
2. Shahid Kapoor
Animal-lover, Shahid turned to vegetarianism in the year 2003 after reading a book 'Life is Fair' which was gifted by his father Pankaj Kapoor.
3. Kangana Ranaut
In 2003, Kangana realized that dairy products caused her acidity; and she decided to turn vegan.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
4. Jacqueline Fernandez
To prevent animal cruelty, Jacqueline opted for veganism in 2013.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
5. Anushka Sharma
Anushka opted for vegetarianism in the year 2015. In a number of interviews she shared the reason being her pet 'Dude,' who hated the smell of meat.
6. Alia Bhatt
Alia turned vegetarian in year 2015, she decided not to eat meat in summer to hit the heat, but she enjoyed her changed food habits and continued with vegetarianism.
7. Aamir Khan
Aamir Khan in an exclusive interview with PETA shares an incident where his wife Kiran Rao showed him a video on how a number of diseases can be prevented while avoiding consumption of animal products. This inspired Aamir to go vegan in 2015.