From Kangana Ranaut To Taapsee Pannu, actors and body transformation: Several female actors have undergone extreme body transformations to represent their characters as authentically and accurately as possible.
Female leads in Bollywood are no more shying away from building muscle or gaining and losing weight for roles. Here's a list of Bollywood actresses who have recently undergone body transformation because the role demanded.
Kangana Ranaut
On Tuesday, Kangana Ranaut will premiere the trailer for her highly awaited film Thalaivi. The actress amazed her fans by sharing new stills from the film today. Kangana Ranaut had to put in significant amount of weight to essay actress-turned-politician J Jayalalithaa.
The Queen actress posted pictures of her upcoming look on Twitter, she wrote a caption along with the pictures, "One day to go for the trailer launch of #Thalaivi Gaining 20 kgs and loosing it all back within a span of few months wasn’t the only challenge that I faced while filming this Epic Biopic, wait is getting over just in few hours Jaya will be your forever."
Fans are in awe of Kangana and have been complimenting her and praising her looks for the same.
Taapsee Pannu
Taapsee Pannu has been training for her upcoming film, Rashmi Rocket, for about a year. Over the course of months, she gained weight and developed an athlete's physique.
The actress explained her drastic weight loss in one of her Instagram posts, "The journey from 50 lbs (22.6 kilos) to 540 lbs (244.9 kilos)", The sports drama, directed by Akarsh Khurana, tells the story of a young girl named Rashmi and her journey from a small village to athletic glory. The film will be released in 2021.
Kriti Sanon
According to sources, last year, Kriti Sanon, underwent a major transformation for her project Mimi. Sanon had previously stated that she was gaining 15 kilograms for her part. The story follows a young woman who volunteers to be a surrogate mother for a middle-aged couple. To gain weight, the actress admitted that she had to forcefully increase her calorie intake.
Fans were in awe and praised Kriti Sanon's ppearance in Mimi.