MUMBAI: We told you about Shahid Kapoor wearing bum bags to accentuate his hips . Now we hear his co-star from Parmeet Sethi’s untitled film, Anushka

Sharma, is also wearing pads to, ahem, buttress her posterior, for her role in Patiala House opposite Akshay Kumar.

A source says, “Anushka is blessed with a thin figure, but had to look fit for Parmeet Sethi’s film. She is opposite Shahid Kapoor and is playing a glamourous role, so she had to be well-toned. She worked out regularly to stay slim.”

However, the weight loss is posing a little problem now, what with the actress playing a robust Punjabi kudi in her next, Patiala House, being directed by Nikhil Advani.

“Anushka is playing a typical North Indian girl who is required to look fuller, unlike the size zero girls in today’s films. In parts of the film, she will be dressed in Punjabi outfits like patiala salwars and short kurtis. When she wore the ethnic dresses, she was looking way too skinny. Punjabi girls are heavier on the lower body, especially the hips. Since Anushka nowhere resembled a Punjabi girl in that aspect, designer Jaimal Odedra decided to attach bum pads inside her salwars to make her derriere look heavier,” adds the source.

For the record, a bum bag is a small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist fastened with a strap around the hips.

However when quizzed about the bum bags, Jaimal denied suggesting them. “The film is about a Punjabi family based in London. Anushka plays a modern Punjabi girl. Anushka is well-toned and does not require them.”