India, May 7 -- Filmmaker Karan Johar's drastic weight loss has been a hot topic since last year, and some on social media have speculated that he opted for Ozempic to lose extra kilos. Amid all this, on the May 6 episode of the Figuring Out With Raj Shamani podcast, the filmmaker once again clarified that his weight loss was not the result of Ozempic - the drug helps treat type 2 diabetes, and weight loss is its prominent side effect. Also read | Karan Johar reveals secret behind impressive transformation at 52

Asked to talk about his 'insanely reduced' look, Karan Johar said in Hindi, "I have always been battling the bulge. I have tried a thousand different diets and 500 workouts. Nothing worked. After years of combatting, I did some b...