Boney Kapoor recently expressed his love for his late wife Sridevi, who also motivated him to lose weight. Now with 14 kgs down, the filmmaker shared how his wife would have been proud of him looking at his transformation. “I feel my wife is still around me and motivating me,” said Boney.
At a recent event, Boney shared what inspired him to bring the change in his appearance after all these years.
The filmmaker said, “It all started when I started losing weight. I decided to lose weight and when I lost about 13-14 kg, I thought, ‘Abhi shape pehle se better ho gaye hai.’ I have come down to 94-95 kg. Considering my height, I should be just around 87-88. I still have about 8-9 kgs to lose.”
He added, ““When I shot for Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar, at that time, I didn’t even lose weight. I was my original self. It was after the shooting that I decided (to lose weight) because whenever I watched myself on screen, I didn’t like the way I was looking. Maybe I was playing the part which was assigned to me. But I still felt that I was not looking the way I would want myself to come across on the screen. That’s where the initial thought started.”
Boney Kapoor credited his wife Sridevi for the inspiration. He said, “But the seeds were sown by my wife. She was always after me to lose weight. She was a health-conscious person herself. I used to go for a walk with her. I used to go to the gym with her.”
“She (Sridevi) was very clear on when she wants to eat, what she wants to eat. I tried my best to do that but I couldn’t. For the past two years, post TJMM, when I saw myself, I felt I should…and my kids also wanted me to look sharper, leaner, and better. Of course, health-wise also I needed to. I’m 69 today so I’m not getting any younger,” the filmmaker added.
Boney, who was missing his wife Sridevi, continued, “I feel Sri is still around me, my wife is still around me and motivating me to lose weight. ‘Lose weight,’ she said. Doctor also said the same thing – You should lose weight before you think of doing a transplant. Here I am, I’ve lost some weight and I’ve got some hair back.” He added that his transformation would have made his wife proud.
Boney Kapoor and Sridevi tied the knot in 1997. The couple welcomed two daughters, Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor. Sridevi died in 2018 after allegedly drowning in a bathtub in a Dubai hotel. Boney was previously married to Mona Shouri, with whom he has two children–Arjun Kapoor and Anshula Kapoor.
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