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Alia Bhatt

Indian film industry's style icon Sonam Kapoor who has been on the cover of every possible fashion magazine was once obese. The suave actress went from fat to fit when director Sanjay Leela Bhansali signed her for his film 'Saawariya'. Sonam lost around 30 kgs for the film.

Source : Google Sonam's cousin Arjun Kapoor who will make his Bollywood debut with 'Ishaqzaade' has lost almost 50 kgs. Boney kapoor's handsome son was once a fat child. A good looking face was well hidden behind those plump contours. Apparantly, Salman Khan helped this Kapoor lad fight his fat.

This is one case study for all those hoping to lose those extra pounds - a perfect before/after example for a weight loss ad. Adnan Sami's name was almost synonymous with fat before the 'lift kara de' singer surprised everyone by losing upto 130 kgs within a year. A guy who once required belt extensions in aircrafts can now give any Bollywood actor a run for their money.

BJP's obese president Nitin Gadkari underwent a bariatric (weight-loss) surgery last year and reduced upto 30-40 kilos. Unlike other celebs who shed their extra kilos to start a career in films, Gadkari was advised to undergo this surgery by doctors as being a diabetic, the disease had started affecting his kidneys.

When Shatrughan Sinha's little girl made her debut in the superhit Dabangg opposite Salman Khan, everyone started talking about this star in the making. But not everyone knows that an overweight Sonakshi had to shed 30 kgs for Dabangg. It took this beautiful actress around two years to get into shape.

Siddharth Mallya's life looks perfect - he is the heir of UB group, owner of an airline and an IPL team! But even Siddharth had weight issues. Apparently, the chubby son of Vijay Mallya shed kilos and made way for a more fit avtaar for his hot ex-girlfriend Deepika. Here's hoping that unlike his fluctuating relationship status Siddharth's weight remains constant.

Popular for his entertaining dance moves and comic timming, Govinda also had to fight the flab for his film 'Naughty @ 40'. Although the film was a dud, Chi Chi had to shed almost 28 kgs for this role. He chose meditation, yoga and exercise to lose weight. His dinner now comprises of only a bowl of soup.

Producer-director Karan Johar who makes every Tom, Dick and Harry look fabulous on screen once weighed 120 kgs. He was constantly teased at school for being obese which made him come back home and eat more junk to ward off the depression. He decided to lose weight after he saw himself on television and thought he looked like an island!

Bebo is known to make headlines for whatever she does. So when this Kapoor gal lost oodles of weight for her film 'Tashan' she made it to the front covers. Targeted by the media as being bulimic and anorexic, a size zero Kareena rubbished these rumours. The actress followed a strict no junk food diet during Tashan in which she made her bikini debut. Although now, Bebo's curves are back and can be seen in her recent films.

At the age of 17, producer Vashu Bhagnani's son Jackky weighed over 130 kgs! Along with excess weight, Jackky also had to deal with asthama until two years later, when it dawned upon him that he needed to shed those pounds to pursue acting as a career. Since then, he's lost some 60 kgs to look like he does today - fit as a fiddle!