Arjun Kapoor's rugged look and chiseled body in the promos of his debut flick Ishaqzaade has got many girls going crazy. But what many don't know is that he didn't look this way always. Till a few years back Arjun weighed 170 kilos. Apparently, during his teenage years the actor would lock himself up in a room full of DVDs and watch various movies instead of playing any sport. Arjun aspired to be a director and felt that his weight didn't matter, till one day Salman Khan told him that he was born to be an actor and that he better lose weight. Under Salman's guidance, Arjun lost 68 kilos and got a perfectly toned body.
After a failed Bollywood debut with Jimmy, Mithun Chakraborty's son Mimoh went in for a complete make over for Vikram Bhatt's horror flick Haunted 3D. The actor, who changed his screen name to Mahaakshay Chakraborty, lost all his baby fat and got a much leaner and toned physique. His make over was so extreme that many failed to recognize him and felt he was Mimoh's younger brother.
Zarine Khan was not just fat but she was obese in her teenage years. She weighed a 100 kgs before she entered Bollywood. The actress lost a whopping 43 kgs under the guidance of fitness expert Yasmin Karachiwalla. Zarine went through an arduous workout schedule and diet routine to shed all that extra flab.
Before he entered Bollywood, producer Vashu Bhagnani's son Jaccky Bhagnani weighed 130 kgs. But Jaccky was so determined to become an actor that he lost 60 kilos over a period of three years by following the right diet and a grueling exercise regime. The actor, who made his debut with Kal Kissne Dekha in 2009, admitted that earlier he was addicted to pizzas, burgers, chocolates and pastries but has now changed his lifestyle and eating habits completely.
Who would ever believe that fashionista Sonam Kapoor, who can easily slip into any outfit and make it look fabulous, was overweighing teen. As a teenager, Sonam weighed around 90 kgs as she would eat excessive amount of junk food and her diet mainly consisted of pizzas and ice creams. But it was during the time that she was assisting director Sanjay Leela Bhansali on Black that she lost weight after the maverick director offered her the lead role opposite Ranbir Kapoor in his next film Saawariya. With guidance from her mother Sunita Kapoor and a healthy balanced diet along with rigorous weight reduction workouts, Sonam lost nearly 30 kgs and transformed herself in to a Diva.