Published 20:10 IST, May 20th 2020

Randeep Hooda says weight transformation for 'Sarbjit' almost 'took the life out of him'

Randeep Hooda celebrates 4 years of Sarabjit by sharing a throwback picture of his character. He mentioned that it "almost took the life outta him". See post

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Randeep Hooda is popular for his dedication to role he is playing. He is kwn for putting in all his efforts to bring best out of his onscreen character. His role in Sarbjit certainly shows how Randeep Hooda had transformed himself into an unimaginable avatar to get into character.

In film, he played role of Sarbjit, an Indian national who was detained in Pakistan for 23 years. In order to show a play role of a person who had been imprisoned for 23 years, Hooda certainly had to go through a lot of changes. It included losing a drastic amount of weight but also be able to portray character by staying in proper mental .

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makers of Sarbjit are currently celebrating fourth anniversary of film. Randeep Hooda has also decided to share his views about his character and film.

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Randeep Hooda shares a throwback picture of his character from Sarbjit

Randeep Hooda also shared his character’s look from film. He captioned picture with, “Almost took life outta me". For Sarbjit, Randeep had mand a difficult feat of losing 18 kgs in just 28 days. In order to do so, he was given a strict diet supervised by his sister, Dr Anjali Hooda Sangwan.

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According to some Hooda’s diet allowed him to consume only 500-600 calories per day. In some of his previous interviews, Randeep Hooda has also spoken about how he mand to pull off such a drastic weight transformation. He also spoke about character he played. Read more to kw what Randeep Hooda said. 

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In an interview with a media publication, Randeep has spoken about his body transformation. He mentioned that he was a muscular 94 kg man before he started shooting for Sarbjit. He added that it's easy to burn fat but it's hard to lose muscle. lack of sugar almost drove him crazy and recalls days when he would be so hungry that he couldn't sleep.

actor mentioned that character certainly had taken a huge toll on his personality too. In order to cope up with his emotions, Randeep revealed that he had to keep telling himself, that “'look, you did t go through 23 years of your life in prison, you did t go through all that hardship, you did t go through solitary confinement”.

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20:10 IST, May 20th 2020