Bollywood actresses and their weight issues have become the stuff of filmi folklore now. But they always seem to turn around in the face of criticism, and look all lean and svelte a couple of months later.

Here's looking at some of the women, who've gone from flab to absolute fabulous.

Zarine Khan

Zarine Khan's claim to fame was her striking resemblance to Katrina Kaif but that ended with the face. The actress looked considerably heavy in her first film Veer.

But she's learnt her lesson and has worked hard to look like she does now. After dropping several kilos, the actress sizzled with Salman in the famous Character Dheela song from Ready.

Sonakshi Sinha still had some weight to lose when she shot for Dabangg and we can tell. But this Maxim cover photo will sure throw skeptics off guard.

We've been led to believe that Kareena likes to walk on the extreme side. Earlier, she was the 'healthy' Kapoor girl, who loved her chicken tikkas. Now, she's a size-zero vegetarian actress, who relies on power-yoga to maintain that tiny frame.

That's Kareena in a sleek Sony Viao ad and as a chubby teen.

We know we should be cutting her some slack here since she's pregnant. But this goes back before that.

Aishwarya was never on the heavy side but if you see her in Taal, you'd think that she really let herself go.

The actress got her act together for Dhoom 2 and boy did she work those skimpy clothes!

Rani Mukerji turned a deaf ear to all weight watchers for a really long time. But she reinvented herself for her comeback of sorts for Dil Bole Hadippa.

And the results are there for all to see. Rani makes a scintillating bride on a Hi! cover in 2009.

Sameera Reddy has fessed up a couple of times to being a big-boned girl and we don't really blame her. But she sure did surprise us with her newly-acquired toned body.

She's never looked better.

Ameesha Patel was the petit girl-next-door and you didn't care if she was carrying a bit of extra weight around.

But the actress got herself a toned body for her sizzling number Lazy Lamhe in Thoda pyar thoda magic. She almost set the swimming pool on fire there.

She looks equally hot in a photoshoot for Man's World.