Actor Rajkummar Rao recently grabbed attention after being spotted at an event in Mumbai, where his sudden weight gain and thinning hair sparked headlines and trolling online. The noticeable transformation quickly became a talking point, with many speculating about the reason behind his changed appearance.
Reacting to the buzz, he took to Instagram and shared that his being is defined through his art, revealing that he has wrapped up shooting for the biopic of celebrated public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam. He shared that the role required a major physical transformation, something he genuinely enjoys embracing as an actor, and revealed that he gained nearly 10 kilos for the part, choosing not to rely on prosthetics when hard work could help him achieve the look authentically.
Opening up further about his process, he wrote, “Be it gaining weight or looking old (to play a certain age) or to make my hair thin, which my hair stylist was very much against but everyone told me to not go half bald for Bose also and to gain that much weight or to Not stop eating and loose so much weight for TRAPPED or to not behave like a visually impaired person even when cameras weren’t rolling during SRIKANTH,” referencing his earlier films like Bose, Trapped and Srikanth. He added that for Nikam, he was eating two pizzas a day along with sweets, aloo parathas and biryani to naturally gain 9 to 10 kilos.
Rajkummar also expressed hope that when the film releases soon, audiences will see and appreciate the effort he has put into the role. He confirmed that he is now in a transition phase, ready to shed the extra kilos and prepare to slip into Sourav Ganguly mode for his next biopic.
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