MUMBAI: Shehnaz Gill is grabbing headlines for her drastic weight loss. While talking to a media portal, Shehnaz spoke about how she did it and more. Read on for excerpts.

What made Shehnaz go for a new avatar? She replied, "Look, lockdown chal raha hai. A large amount of work has come to a standstill all around, so I thought why not just go for weight loss? Kuch logon ne mere weight ka mazak udaya tha 'Bigg Boss 13' mein. Kai log weight lose karte hain, maine socha chalo logon ko dikhati hoon ki main bhi patli ho sakti hoon. It's not difficult to lose weight if you really want to."

On being asked what prodded her to take this step and how did she manage to lose almost 12 kg weight, she said: "Trust me, I went in for a simple reduction in my eating habits. You can say that I cut off on my non-vegetarian food, chocolates and ice cream and nothing else. But besides that, let me explain how I ate because therein lies the catch. Every day, I ate just one or two things. I wouldn't stuff too much variety in my daily consumption of food. For example, if I ate dal and moong for lunch, I would eat the same for dinner. And I reduced the portions. If I was hungry for two rotis, I ate only one. Mann maarke khati thi. And it started working. I was 67 kg around the time lockdown began in March, I am 55 kg now." Shehnaz continued, "Lost 12 kg in less than 6 months, but without doing any exercise. Just my restricted food consumption did the trick."

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Friendship with her 'Bigg Boss 13' co-contestant Sidharth has not transformed, err, blossomed into love yet, Shehnaz emphasised. "But he is my only friend in Mumbai whom I can consult or meet whenever I want. I trust him; I can't trust everybody. Aage kya hoga woh to bhagwan hi jaane," says the actress.

Is she open to doing bold, intimate scenes in web shows and films? Is she refusing offers to do daily soaps on TV? And what about films? "You know what, I have refused lots of work. Nothing has convinced me yet when it comes to TV shows and movies. But I am definitely open to them. I am also fine with web shows. I wouldn't like to wear very revealing outfits, though. As for the intimate scenes, I shall consider that aspect if it is genuinely integral to the story. But then, if I have to work in this industry, I can't have so many do's and don'ts to every role. So yeah, let's see how it goes," Shehnaz maintained.

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Credits: TOI