From Amitabh Bachchan, Alia Bhatt to Shahid Kapoor; Top Celebs Who Gave Up Meat & Turned Vegetarian

Celebs are the OG influencers whom we grew up adoring, copying their style, and clothes and even taking makeup inspo. Be it their favourite food items or the viral celebs' recipes, or tips for a toned body, we stalked it all. But have you noticed this new trend? Many Bollywood celebrities are now turning vegetarian, and it’s for good reasons.

Also, there are a lot of health benefits if one goes vegetarian. There are many actors who gave up meat and turned vegetarian. 

Actors who are vegetarian

Here's the list of those celebs who are practicing this for a long time now.

Shahid Kapoor

Shocking, right? Kapoor also came in Asia's ‘sexiest’ vegetarian back in 2011. Do we need more proof?

Apart from good looks, charm, and amazing dancing skills, this actor is a vegetarian. He gave up eating meat after reading Brian Hines, Life Is Fair, which his father, Pankaj Kapoor gifted him.

R Madhavan

Madhavan was named 'Person of The Year' by PETA.  He has always been passionate about the environment and we have seen him posting his kitchen garden, growing herbs, and veggies.

"I'm a vegetarian. When you see what goes inside a slaughterhouse, I think you will lose your appetite for animal flesh too", said R Madhavan.

He is passionate about nature and has spoken about growing tasteful herbs and veggies in his kitchen garden.

Shraddha Kapoor

PETA named Shraddha Kapoor the ‘hottest’ vegetarian in 2020. True indeed.

Not only she is vegetarian but is very much considerate about mother nature and tries to produce as less waste as she can and counts on her carbon footprint. She also took to Instagram a few days back and spoke about not consuming meat.

Amitabh Bachchan

Not once but thrice, Amitabh Bachchan was also named the ‘hottest’ vegetarian celebrity, by PETA.

He is well known for making healthy choices, Not only he is vegetarian, but also stooped consuming alcohol and does not smoke for health reasons.

Riteish Deshmukh

The power couple of Bollywood Ritesh and Genelia turned vegetarian.  The couple also has a venture named Imagine Meats, which makes plant-based meat, which is a good substitute for non-veg food.

Ritesh was a hardcore non-vegetarian who turned vegetarian nearly 4 years ago. With Plant-Based Meat around, I am a much happier vegetarian now, he said.

Kangana Ranaut

Another Hottest vegetarian title holder by PETA, gave up meat, despite being born in a typical household that thrives on eating non-vegetarian food. She admits that she craves meat but has the willpower to turn vegetarian.

Bhumi Pednekar

Bhumi Pednekar turned vegetarian amid the covid lockdown. She opened up about how she wanted to turn vegetarian for a really long time, and she could finally able to do that amid covid crisis. Being vegetarian made her respect other species and made her humble, she mentions.