Rajkummar Rao has shaved his head and gained a massive 11 kgs to convincingly portray the role of Indian freedom fighter, Subhash Chandra Bose in web-series ‘Bose- Dead/Alive’. Speaking on his intense physical transformation Rajkummar said, “My diet plan was just to binge on sweets, pizzas, biryanis and paranthans with lots of ghee. As actors, we are always on a diet but this was my chance to let go and enjoy food. My plans was to feel like a different person altogether, that’s why I shaved half my head and gained all this weight. After 3-4 weeks, I couldn’t see the original Raj in the mirror.”
Creative producer of ‘Bose-Dead/Alive’, Hansal Mehta was impressed with the makeover which took place during the Kolkata schedule of the show. The filmmaker said, “People go on a diet to lose weight, but Rajkummar went on a diet to increase weight. The fact we were in Kolkata helped as Raj gorged on sandhesh and rasgullas, along with cheese laden pizzas and butter dripping aloo parathas.” Rajkummar Rao strictly adheres to a healthy diet of quinoa and proteins but he adopted an unhealthy diet to get into the skin of his character of Bose.
