1 Khajoor & 1 Glass Of Milk: How Randeep Hooda Lost 26 Kgs In 4 Months For Veer Savarkar Biopic
In the first teaser of?Swatantrya Veer Savarkar which has taken the internet by storm, Randeep Hooda looks unrecognisable. One of the most talented and hard-working actors of Bollywood, Hooda is known for putting his best into the craft. And with this one as well, he did exactly the same.
Here's how Randeep Hooda lost 26 Kgs in 4 months to essay the role of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar.
Hooda who has directed the film himself after Mahesh Manjerkar couldn't because of date issues didn't want to leave any stones unturned for the role. To look like him, he lost 26 kgs in 4 months, reveals producer Anand Pandit.
"When he came to my office he was 86 kgs. He was so involved in the character and till date is. To essay it on the screen, he said that he wonĄŻt leave any stone unturned. He had only 1 khajoor and 1 glass of milk for 4 months until the shooting got over," the producer said.
Not just that, he even shaved off his hair for the role.?
Earlier, he had lost 18kgs in 28 days for Aishwarya Rai starrer Sarabjit.?
He gave up on food completely and only survived on coffee. "Like I do with everything else, I overdid this too, going on a zero calorie diet without realising the body needs sugar to function. The lack of it almost drove me crazy. I was thinking about food all the time, there were days when I was so hungry, I couldn't sleep. There came a point when I wasn't even allowed an apple and was so emaciated I could barely walk," he said.
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Before that, he had gained weight for a film. He went from?77 kgs to 94 kgs for?Do Lafzon Ki Kahani.
He did all this under the guidance of his sister Dr Anjali Hooda-Sangwan, an Obesity, Metabolic Medicine and Clinical Nutrition Specialist.
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