Femina India – July 10, 2019

ALL ABOUT YOU celeb cheat sheet

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inephiles are drawn to movie theatres every week to watch their matinee

idols weave magic on the screen. Actors try their best to ensure that their

fans aren’t disappointed. However, a few stars have pushed the envelope when

it comes to their characters, and left their followers awestruck.

These actors have gone to extreme lengths to prepare

for a role. Hemchhaya De gives you a lowdown

Playing the Flying

Sikh in Bhaag

Milkha Bhaag

(2013) was no

cakewalk for

Farhan Akhtar.

While he didn't

achieve the

muscular

look

overnight,

he worked

on getting

there for 13

months. Reports

suggest the bulging

biceps were

developed through

preacher curls,

cable workouts and

concentration

curls. To attain

runner's legs, he

did squats, jump

squats, lunges, leg

press and

extensions, and

calf raises.

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VARUN DHAWAN

Kalank didn’t strike gold at the box office, but Varun Dhawan’s

performance garnered praise from all quarters. The actor began

prepping for this part over a year ago, and his fitness videos on

Instagram are proof that he worked hard to acquire a chiselled body, and

washboard abs. In interviews, Dhawan had revealed he was battling

several injuries while filming action sequences for the film, but continued

to undergo fitness training, which included heavy duty cardio and weight

training, twice a day, to ensure the shoot wrapped up as per schedule.

SHAHID KAPOOR

We swooned over his beefed-up look in

Padmaavat, and now get set to see another

avatar of the star. For his upcoming film, Kabir

Singh, Shahid Kapoor had to work towards

two looks—one, a college student,

and the other, of a jilted lover.

According to reports, to look

like a college boy, Kapoor

lost 14 kg in a short span. It

is said that he was put on

a strict 1,400 to 1,500 calorie

diet a day, along with extensive

cardio sessions. He also trains for

a couple of hours every day, six days a week.

For the 'jilted lover' look, he needed to gain

weight so that the character looks

'destroyed'. Kapoor told the media that he

started eating more even though he hated

the idea of bingeing without control.

AAMIR KHAN

There is a reason he is termed the film world’s ‘perfectionist’. Aamir

Khan is known to dive deep into characters, and undergo extreme

transformation. After doing so for Ghajini (2008), he wowed the

audience with his look in Dangal (2016) by going from an

aspiring young wrestler with a ripped body, to a hefty old

man. Refusing to don a body suit to look overweight, Khan

first gained weight naturally to play the older character,

and then worked for five months to shed the flab and

build muscle. In his blog, Khan recommends weight

training for anyone who’s interested in body building.

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