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Mouni Roy’s look and surgery rumours: her 2025 response

A look back at Mouni Roy’s April 2025 response to appearance-related trolling, with three credited archive photos and context behind the surgery rumours.

Mouni Roy in a dark floral sheer-top gown at the 2024 Grazia Young Fashion Awards
Archive photograph: Mouni Roy at the Grazia Young Fashion Awards in March 2024. This is not an image from her April 2025 response. Photo: Bollywood Hungama / CC BY 3.0. Converted to WebP; original framing and watermark retained.

A new hairstyle became a talking point; the comments quickly turned into something more personal. In April 2025, Mouni Roy responded to online speculation about her appearance while promoting The Bhootnii. Her answer focused on how she handled the criticism, rather than offering the medical explanation strangers were demanding.

This is a look back at that 2025 response. The photographs in this feature show three separately documented appearances from 2024. They illustrate her event styling and are not photographs from the interview or evidence of a cosmetic procedure.

1. The fringe that became a bigger conversation

Coverage at the time connected the discussion to Roy’s bangs and appearances around The Bhootnii. Some social-media users went beyond commenting on the hairstyle and speculated about surgery. Those comments were allegations, not a confirmed account of treatment.

As reported by The Indian Express on April 14, 2025, she said she did not pay attention to such remarks. Her short response included: “Let everyone do their job.”

That distinction matters when the clip or headline appears again: a response to trolling does not establish that any particular procedure happened.

2. What she said about altered videos

Later that month, Roy discussed a different part of the experience in an interview with Zoom. According to NDTV’s April 30, 2025 report, she described the discomfort of seeing manipulated videos that distorted her face or placed it on someone else’s body.

She also described how her reaction to hostile comments had changed. She previously went to users’ profiles to block them; she now preferred to give more weight to supportive fans. The account was about the experience of being scrutinised online, not a disclosure of medical treatment.

Mouni Roy in a pale one-shoulder gown at the 2024 Zee Cine Awards
Archive photograph: Mouni Roy at the Zee Cine Awards in 2024, wearing a textured one-shoulder gown. Shown for event-style context. Photo: Bollywood Hungama / CC BY 3.0. Converted to WebP; original framing and watermark retained.

3. Three event looks, three different styling choices

The 2024 archive photographs offer a more concrete fashion conversation. At the Grazia Young Fashion Awards, shown in the opening photograph, Roy paired a sheer floral-patterned upper section with a long dark skirt. The prominent bow-like detail at the hip interrupts an otherwise straight silhouette. Loose hair gives that look a softer finish.

The Zee Cine Awards photograph above moves in a different direction: a pale, textured one-shoulder gown, a close-fitting shape and a flared hem. With her hair drawn back, the asymmetric neckline is easier to see. These are visible choices in clothes and styling; they do not explain anyone’s medical history.

Mouni Roy wearing a black cocktail dress at a Tiffany and Co event in 2024
Archive photograph: Mouni Roy at the Tiffany & Co. opening event in May 2024. Shown for event-style context. Photo: Bollywood Hungama / CC BY 3.0. Converted to WebP; original framing and watermark retained.

At the Tiffany & Co. event, the shorter black dress uses broad straps and a fuller skirt. A small structured bag and pointed shoes keep the accessories compact. Compared with the floor-length award looks, it reads as a simpler cocktail-event outfit. The photograph is dated May 2024, well before the response discussed here.

4. The date and context are the useful part

A gallery can show an outfit clearly while still leaving important questions unanswered. A caption saying where and when an image was taken helps readers distinguish an event photograph from an interview still. A repost without that context can make an old response sound like a new announcement.

For this story, the supported point is straightforward: Roy addressed appearance-related trolling in April 2025 and spoke about the impact of manipulated images. Neither the linked reporting nor the archive photographs establish a specific cosmetic procedure. Her actual remarks deserve more weight than a guess attached to a photograph.

For more outfit-focused coverage, see Gracie Abrams’ black velvet CFDA look or browse our Celebrity Style desk.

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