Bollywood Actors and Actresses who lost Weight and Gained Star Status

Bollywood mostly needs its actors and actresses to look svelte and perfectly well-toned. Not everybody is blessed with a great physique and they have to work really hard to get into shape. Same is with our b-town celebs. Here we give you a list of actors and actresses who had to lose weight for their maiden projects.

1. Alia Bhatt

This young actress with a great body had to work hard to reach here. She was asked by the Director of her first film Karan Johar to lose weight before starting the shooting of the film. She came back after losing 16 kgs and even sported a bikini in the film with great ease and confidence.

2. Arjun Kapoor

The actor, who weighed 140 kgs before entering films, had a lot of issues because of his weight. Though he was fine with all that, but then he wanted to be an actor, and Salman Khan persuaded him to lose weight and said that you can be actor only if you just shed the extra kilos. After following a strict diet regime and intense workouts, Arjun now stands at almost 87 kgs, and rules the hearts of millions of girls with his chiselled body.

3. Sonam Kapoor

Just like her cousin, Sonam also had to lose weight to become an actress. Today’s fashion diva was cast to debut in Sanjay LeelaBhansali’sSaawariya opposite RanbirKapoor, and she lost around 35 kgs before starting the work on the film. She was overweight since her teenage years and had work hard to get into shape.

4. Sonakshi Sinha

The beautiful SonakshiSinha had to lose around 30 kgs before filming her first movie Dabbang with Salman Khan. Though she is still criticised sometimes for being overweight, but she is happy with her body and her fans also love her, because her curves complement Indian roles very nicely.

5. Parineeti Chopra

This self-confessed foodie, who loves pizzas and burgers says that she entered Bollywood with a not so slim figure. But she was not comfortable playing the roles which needed her to look fitter, so she started to lose weight, and though she has not achieved a body which can rock a bikini, but she has lost a lot of weight and is constantly working on her figure.