Bollywood actor Tanushree Dutta took everyone by surprise. The ‘Aashiq Banaya Aapne’ actor had shed 15 kgs over the last year. Now, sharing her weight loss journey, she said that she managed to achieve her goal through a combination of exercise, yoga, a strict diet, and intermittent fasting.
Speaking to Times Now, Tanushree said that finding more work in Bollywood and looking good on camera were a few motivating factors. “Yeah, that was a particular reason. I was healthy and fit in terms of my body and shape, I was okay. I was not obese. For screen, I thought if I dropped a few pounds, I would look even better. So I started working on that.” From a low-carb to no-carb diet, some weight training, two hours of brisk walking, a healthy diet of fruits and salads, Tanushree left no stone unturned. She said she would be hurt when people would give her ‘underhanded compliments’.
“I think, in the last couple of years, when I was maintaining a bigger body frame, I think a lot of people took that as an excuse to body-shame me. Sometimes people can be really sneaky, you rarely come across people who outright call you fat. They said in sneaky ways and that hurts you nevertheless. They will say something that is completely unnecessary. Don’t I know it? People would be like ‘oh you have put on a bit of weight, you are bigger than before.’ Basically underhanded comments. I got a lot of underhanded comments and underhanded compliments, which you can tell the intention of the person the way they are talking to you. You can tell that they don’t have their best interests in me. They say it to put you down and make you feel bad. I did go through that emotional roller coaster,” she said.
Dutta who lives in the US, has been sharing pictures and videos of her on Instagram flaunting her slimmer body. In 2018, Tanushree accused Nana Patekar of harassing her on the sets of the 2008 film Horn Ok Pleassss. She alleged that Nana touched her inappropriately during the filming of a song sequence, despite her making it clear she wasn’t comfortable performing “lewd, vulgar or uncomfortable steps.” The actor moved to the US soon after and took a sabbatical from Bollywood.