If you didn’t know it already, Bollywood actresses have a team of people when it comes to maintain their enviable body shape and glow. With a group of dietitians, nutritionists and fitness trainers at hand, our superstars are trained by the best in the country. As a result, we’ve brought out this piece of celebrity fitness trainers who train Bollywood actresses to achieve their perfect body goals required for their characters in their movies.
Here’s a list of the trainers quietly working behind the screens:
Yasmin Karachiwala – The Pilates Queen
One of the most celebrated fitness trainers in the Bollywood industry, Karachiwala is a great advocate for Pilates, increasing flexibility and endurance, and strengthening your body over maintain a size-zero figure. Moving on from her personal training studio, Kareena Kapoor was her first celebrity client. After two decades in the profession, she has now trained Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, and Katrina Kaif. One of the first BASI-certified Pilates trainers in India, she likes to add cardio, weight-training and high- altitude training to her regime as well.
Deanne Pandey – The Learned Health Coach
A fitness expert and health coach who is the author of two books as well, Pandey has trained Lara Dutta, Jacqueline Fernandez and Bipasha Basu for their movies. She believes that working towards wellness is the only way to become the healthiest version of yourself, which is the focus of her books “I’m Not Stressed” and “Shut Up And Train”. One of the first trainers to bring anti-gravity yoga to Mumbai, she depends on a dairy-free and gluten-free plant-based diet. She has collaborated with Bipasha Basu for the fitness DVD “Unleash” as well.
Payal Gidwani – The Experienced One
Bringing back yoga into the Bollywood sphere, Gidwani has trained Sridevi, Kareena Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee in the span of her career. She is a certified yoga instructor and the founder of the wellness studio Cosmic Foundation and includes Bikram yoga and power yoga as part of her routine. She is the author of “Body Goddess: The Complete Guide on Yoga for Women from XL to XS”.
Namrata Purohit – Young And Flexible
The youngest Stott Pilates instructor in the world at twenty-five, Purohit owns The Pilates Studio. She has trained many Bollywood celebrities such as Neha Dhupia, Malaika Arora Khan, Elli Avram, Nargis Fakhri, Kangana Ranaut, Jacqueline Fernandez, Bruna Abdullah, and Shibani Dandekar. She is the author of the book “The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Being Fit” and incorporates altitude training into her regime.
Radhika Karle – The Diet And Fitness Coach
Karle is a fitness instructor and nutritionist who workout regimes include Pilates, cardio, weight training, interval training and more. Sonam Kapoor’s personal trainer, she travels with her to maintain her workouts and dietary habits. She believes in the theory of ‘everything in moderation’.
Don’t we wish that we had such expertise at our hands to put our body shape and eating habits into the perfect shape and size? Let’s work hard to earn some stardom, and maybe then we stand a chance?
