Rajkummar Rao, Bollywood’s go-to guy for radical role prep, has completed filming ‘Nikam,’ a biopic on ace prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam. The lawyer made headlines cracking cases like 26/11 terror siege, Gulshan Kumar’s brutal killing, and Mumbai’s bomb horror.
To mirror Nikam’s seasoned vibe without relying on prosthetics, Rao stacked on 10 kilos via indulgent eats: daily pizza doubles, sweet overloads, aloo parathas galore, and biryani feasts. Aging authenticity came via hair thinning, a move his stylist fought tooth and nail.
Social media got the inside scoop from Rao himself: ‘Nikam demanded body tweaks I relished. Prosthetics? Not my style until I’ve maxed my own grind – weight up, age lines, sparse hair, stylist veto be damned.’
Echoes of past triumphs: ‘Bosechand’ saw him defy weight-gain warnings and partial baldness. ‘Srikanth’ involved blind simulation in sealed dark spaces between takes, deepening his blind protagonist’s reality.
Rao’s purist approach – zero glam, all graft – underscores his craft. ‘Nikam’ done, he’s onto Sourav Ganguly biopic, dialing back weight first. This chameleon actor’s labors promise a riveting watch, redefining commitment in Tinseltown biopics.