Bollywood celebs who underwent extreme physical transformation for their roles

Aamir Khan

The Perfectionist of Bollywood devoted 9 months to develop a perfect physique for his psychological thriller film 'Ghajini'. He followed a strict regime of a healthy diet and physical routine for his amazing body transformation. For his next film 'Dangal' the actor is once again underwent drastic physical changes. The 'PK' actor first gained 22kg weight to lend authenticity to his look in the movie, and later lost all of it.

Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan had to put on a lot of weight for the role of Guru Bhai in Mani Ratnam’s film 'Guru'. He gained weight and attained the perfect look for the film.

Amitabh Bachchan

In 'Paa', Amitabh Bachchan played a role of 13-year-old Auro who was suffering from a rare gentic disorder. It was very difficult to transform the then a 67-year-old Shahenshah into 13-year-old child. But the actor attained the inevitable with elan.

Farhan Akhtar

'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' is a biographical sports film based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete who was a national champion runner and an Olympian. The lead character of Milkha Singh is played by Farhan Akhtar. To look a like Milkha Singh, he followed a perfect diet and physical routine.

Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan had to grow out his hair and put on a whole lot of weight for his movie 'Guzaarish' which is about a quadriplegic magician. The actor did wonders to change his athletic body into a podgy frame.

Shahid Kapoor

Chocolate boy of Bollywood, Shahid Kapoor, underwent a major makeover for his caper thriller movie 'Kaminey' directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. To play the role of a rough and tough boy, he needed well muscled body. The 'Haider' actor partook a healthy diet with a tough regimen of workouts. The effect was evident for all to see.

Hrithik Roshan

Can anyone imagine a superhero with a blown out back and a bulging gut? No, right! Hence the need for Bollywood's first Superhero, Hrithik Roshan. The handsome hunk, who sports an extremely chiseled body these days, had to work really hard to get into the costume of his superhero character 'Krrish' because he was all blown and huge. hrithik underwent an intense training under celebrity trainer Kris Gethin to acquire a body which can make any one drool and well, he did it!

Salman Khan

As we know, Salman Khan is going to play the role of a wrestler in his upcoming film 'Sultan', the handsome hunk has undergone a major physical transformation for the same. His character requires him to sport two different looks one being that of a beefed up wrestler weighing 94 kg while other being that of a lean and fit wrestler weighing 70 kg. For this, Salman has really worked hard to get his body right.

R Madhavan

For this Hindi remake of Tamil film 'Irudhi Suttru', R Madhavan went from being a chocolate boy to action hero. He played the role of a retired boxer-turned-coach and for this character, Madhavan took a special course in boxing and spent few months in Los Angeles for preparation.

Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor underwent an eye-popping transformation to play the character of rockstar Tommy Singh in 'Udta Punjab'. From messy hair to blingy clothes and uber-cool accessories, Shahid pulled off some really quirky stuff in this movie.

Randeep Hooda

To get into the skin of his character Sarabjit Singh in the film 'Sarbjit', Randeep Hooda lost 18 kg in 28 days. He starved for days to attain this feat and towards the end, he was almost unrecognisable.