With all of Bollywood embracing some diet or the other (we heard Kajol was a recent convert to the GM diet), Ashutosh Gowariker has gotten onto the bandwagon as well. The director has lost 17 kg, and is proud of it.
Incidentally, the director is the father of a 21-year-old and is over 40 himself. “No one wants to be photographed with a puffy face or a paunch, considering we’re all part of the visual industry,” said a source close to Ashutosh. “Ashu realised that and wanted to knock off the extra pounds he’s gained in the recent past. He followed a strict new diet which helped him cut the fat and the results are there for the world to see.”
Industry watchers who had noticed the extra weight Ashutosh has been carrying around his middle for a while now were pleasantly surprised to see him looking super trim at Riteish Deshmukh’s wedding with Genelia D’Souza.
Do we sense a cameo in one of his upcoming films? After all, Ashu did begin as an actor! Or is this just an attempt to keep up with his ultra glamorous wife Sunita? Whatever the reason, we’re loving the results. Now if only other directors like David Dhawan and Satish Kaushik would take a cue!