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Load shedding!
Sonam Kapoor lost a massive 30 kilos for Saawariya. She weighed 85 kilos earlier
Sonam Kapoor, the newcomer who is all set to make her debut in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya, had to actually shed about 30 kilos before she started shooting for the film. Confirms director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, "It is absolutely true that she weighed 85 kilos, and has lost about 30 kilos for her role in the film."
Bhansali had given her the script of Saawariya while she was assisting him on Black. The actor, it has been learnt, was completely taken aback when the director told her she would be the heroine of his film considering the fact that she was overweight and didn't really fit into the heroine's role. After it was final that she would be the heroine of the film, she lost weight and groomed herself to be an actor.
Sonam Kapoor's parents, actor Anil Kapoor and mother Sunita Kapoor are quite fit, but as her father told in one of his interviews to a glossy, Sonam had put on weight on weight while was away from home for two years for her studies.
Sonam has been influenced by German playwright Bertolt Brecht and probably something very similar in Bhansali. She cameback from Singapore and wanted to be his assistant. Rani Mukerji, who is also their family friend was then working with Bhansali in Black, Sonam reportedly requested her to put in a word although her father Anil was not very open with the idea of her joining as an assistant director. CONTRIBUTED BY GAUTAM BURAGOHAIN, URVASHI ASHAR, KUNAL M SHAH, PRIYAL SANGHVI, BHARATI DUBEY AND DOMINIC FERRAO
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