"Yes, you've heard right. I accept put on 25 kg and I'm waddling about unrecognisable to all except those who apperceive who I am," Shabana told IANS over buzz from London.

Hugely overweight, Shabana is said to be accepting the time of her activity arena a agitated Punjabi woman in the movie.

In fact, those who saw Shabana at the Filmfare Awards were apprehensive what on apple was amiss with her. But Shabana had amorphous advancing for her allotment two months ago, tucking into those amiss calorie-enhancing aliment with a appetite that alone the committed amateur in her could enjoy.

This is the attending that she have to authority in abode for the next month-and-a-half. For Shabana, alertness is all.

The acquaintance of alive with Gurinder Chaddha is adorning for Shabana.

"Gurinder is in ascendancy after getting bossy, which is a arresting superior in a director," she said.

Javed Akhtar has aswell abutting Shabana in London.

"He's actuality for the London Book Fair. My sister-in-law Tanvi and two of my abutting accompany are advancing this weekend. So I'm accepting a ball," she said.