Published 14:11 IST, March 31st 2020

Akshay Kumar to Madhuri Dixit: These actors went extra mile to ace their roles

Akshay Kumar and other popular Bollywood actors who carried a lot on their shoulder for their film, quite literally. Take a look at our top five picks.

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Being in an actor's shoes is t easy. At times actors t only carry responsibility of film but also carry weight for ir movie on ir shoulders, quite literally to make it a box-office success. You must have heard how actors actually did some drastic things in or to get into skin of characters. Let's take a look at list of such dedicated actors who share a vehement passion for ir craft. 

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Times Bollywood actors carried a lot on ir shoulder for ir film, literally

Akshay Kumar

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Akshay Kumar chopped off his hair and went bald for his role in movie Kesari. As Akshay Kumar had to wear a massive turban in film, he decided to go bald. Akshay Kumar did that because wearing a heavy and huge turban wasn't easy for him. Akshay Kumar t only had to shoot some action scenes during filming of Kesari, but he also used to feel very uncomfortable and hot. 

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Madhuri Dixit

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Madhuri Dixit wore a whopping 30 kilograms lehenga in movie Devdas. Madhuri Dixit essayed iconic role of Chandramukhi in film. For dance sequence, Kaahe Chhed Mohe Madhuri Dixit t only wore a heavy lehenga but she also wore some pretty heavy jewellery. Wearing such heavy ensembles Madhuri Dixit danced beautifully in track, which was truly flawless. In yet ar song from Devdas, Maar Daala, Madhuri Dixit wore more than 20 kilograms outfits. 

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Ayushmann Khurrana 

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Ayushmann carried n 90 kilograms Bhumi Pednekar for a race in movie Dum Laga Ke Haisha. Bhumi Pednekar gained 30 kilos to look her part in film, and Ayushmann Khurrana carried her on his back for a race sequence in drama movie. In fact, Ayushmann did t use any body-double to do so. 

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Deepika Padukone

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Deepika Padukone wore 30-35 kilograms and 30 metres lehenga for her movie Ram Leela's motion poster. t just that throughout course of film Deepika Padukone wore minimum 10 kilograms attires to look like a Gujarati girl in romantic film. Deepika Padukone also danced in Nagada Sang donning a really heavy layered lehenga. 

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Aishwarya Rai

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wore oodles of weight in form of heavy traditional jewellery and dresses in Jodha Akbar. In entire film.  Aishwarya was all decked up with tons of heavy jewellery from head to toe. She also wore most exquisite lehenga's in  Ashutosh Gowariker film. 

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14:10 IST, March 31st 2020