Actors who transformed for a role

Randeep Hooda`s portrayal of ‘Swatantra Veer Savarkar’ required significant weight loss to essay the role.

Parineeti Chopra was asked to put on weight for ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ to play the role of Amarjot.

Farhan Akhtar underwent rigorous training to achieve an extremely toned body for ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’.

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan put on weight to play the role of Indian wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat in ‘Dangal’.

Kriti Sanon, who won a National Film Award for ‘Mimi’ put on weight to look like a pregnant woman.

Ranbir Kapoor gained a lot of weight as well as grew his hair and beard for a macho look in ‘Animal’.

Bhumi Pednekar put on a lot of weight to play an overweight wife in ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’.

For ‘The Goat Life’, Prithviraj Sukumaran lost weight and grew his hair to fully embody the character.