How did RANI MUKHERJEE get that slim new look?

Hard work. If her yoga instructor Payal Gidwani is to be believed.

Says the yoga teacher about Rani,

"The actress hadn't worked out for a long stretch before starting work on the film. I was skeptical about what I was getting myself into when I first saw her. But she told me to relax. It was her discipline that got us through. Her ideal weight is around 48 kilos, so she had to lose eight kilos.

Rani is a foodie but she never went on a diet and resorted to nutritious food instead. The trick is to eat all foods in small portions and then burn it out

She has a record of not missing out on a single class, to date. Earlier she would work out for five days a week, two hours each day. Now we meet thrice a week"

The result is for all to see. The nation is gawking at Rani as she cavorts with Shahid Kapur in Hadippa!

A lot of toning and cardio was required for which Gidwani made the actress walk up and down the stairs, through the day.

Rani's weak points, says Gidwani, are her tendencies to pile on the kilos on the lower part of her body and her weak nerves.

Her strengths, however, are a flexible body and immense endurance which helped with the yoga asanas.