Nanda Kishore drops a whopping 120 kgs

Director Nanda Kishore has always been a heavyweight, quite literally. But not anymore. The filmmaker has been on a weight-loss regime and is set to debut his new slim-line avatar in the song Gopala Baa in his upcoming directorial,

Mukunda Murari

. 'At one point, I weighed a whopping 235 kilos. I knew that I was as good as a walking time bomb and that I needed to shed weight. In fact, with my large girth, I was finding it difficult to get work also, as people in the industry thought that I could not handle the pressures of working on a film set. I then set out to lose weight, and, over the past one year, have managed to knock off 120 kilos with a stringent diet, exercise and prescribed medication. Who knows, in another six months I may sport

six-pack abs

,' he says.
Does that mean that we will see Nanda more often onscreen? 'Oh no. I am a failed actor, having done over 40 films. Direction is my calling and I am gearing up for my next project,' he signs off.
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