Film and Television producer Ekta Kapoor, says the idea of shedding weight to become fit and fab, came really late in her career.

“I have been obese always. I have grown up with Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol and others around me who were always great but the idea of weight loss came late to me,” the 38-year-old producer said at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival.

She was in conversation with author Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi in a session “Each Others Stories.” “In fact it hasn’t even come completely. But I never had a problem with being obese and I don’t pay attention to those criticise me,” the once very chubby actress who has succeeded in losing a lot of weight over the past few years said.

Ekta, who is called the queen of soap opera, for the numerous TV serials she has produced said she had a fascination for female characters, which could stem from her mother’s insistence on the need of being independent.