Anushka Shetty's 'weight issues'

Aamir Khan isn't the only actor who has been putting on kilos for a film role.

The gorgeous Anushka Shetty has been looking overweight too, and with reason.

"I play an overweight girl in Prakash Kovelamudi’s Size Zero. The film is written by Kanika Dhillon, who works with Dharma Productions. When I heard the story, I simply had to play this girl with weight issues."

Having done her funny bit on screen, Anushka now has serious weight issues.

"Now we will start Baahubali 2 soon, and for that, I need to get back to my normal weight. I put on 17 kilos for Size Zero and now that has to go. I cannot do it all at once in a hurry. The weight has to come down gradually. But the effort is worth it. What is life without challenges for an actor?” she asks.

The release of Size Zero was postponed by three weeks to accommodate Anushka’s historical epic Rudhramadevi, which opens On October 9.

Both are heroine-oriented sagas, and quite an achievement for the patriarchal Telugu film industry.

Image: Anushka Shetty in a scene from Billa.