When Jethalal lost weight
Often reports of some stars lose weight are revealed. To lose weight, stars follow special diet according to their body, do workouts, keep trainers. That is, there is good special money in weight loss. However, actor Dilip Joshi, who played Jethalal in ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Oolt Chashma’, lost 16 kg without spending a rupee.
This is the year 1992. He received an offer to work in the Gujarati film “Hun Hunshi Hunshilal”. In this film, he had to play a scientist. According to the demand of the character, he had to lose weight. And he had lost his weight without following any special routine.
Dilip Joshi’s routine
Dilip Joshi himself told about this in an interview to Masable India in the year 2023. He had said that running was part of his routine. When he used to go to work, he used to change clothes in the swimming club. After that, he used to run to the Oberoi Hotel via Marine Drive and then returned while running.
It used to take 45 minutes to do this. By doing this, he had lost 16 kg in 45 days. Although Dilip Joshi did not spend money on losing weight, but with dedication he focused on running.
Identification from ‘Tarak Mehta’
At that time Dilip Joshi was not very popular. However, he stayed stuck, fulfilled the demand for the role and today he is counted among the big actors of the small screen. In 2008, ‘Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma’ started. In this, he got the role of Jethalal. This role made him famous from house to house. For 17 years, he is a part of this show continuously and is doing people. Today people know him more than Dilip Joshi as Jethalala.
