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Randeep Hooda cannot be ignored if you take the name of the versatile actor of the film industry. Randeep is not only known for his brilliant acting skills but also for body transformation done for characters. This passion of Randeep has given him a different identity in the industry. Whether it is a weak and tortured character in ‘Sarabjit’ or a dangerous villain in ‘Jat’, Randeep has shocked the audience again and again with body transformation and changing style.
In the year 2001, he got a big opportunity. Made his Bollywood debut with Meera Nair’s ‘Monsoon Wedding’. ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’ (2010) made him a star. After this, he never looked back and worked in more than one fantastic films. Naseeruddin landed on theater from Shah’s ‘Motally Theater Group’.
If you look at the five powerful characters of the film industry’s ‘Ranatunga’, then the character of his ‘Ranatunga’ in ‘Jat’ came this year got a lot of love from the audience. In ‘Jat’, Randeep increased the weight of 8 kg for the villain Ranatunga and raised hair. He also had to make the voice heavy for this character. In an interview, Randeep Hooda had told that he should grow hair for the character and worked on his body so that Ranatunga’s character could look more dangerous.
‘Swatantra Veer Savarkar’ was released in the year 2024, which was his debut film as a director. Randeep lost 26 kg for Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. In an interview, he told, “I was extremely weak for one and a half years. It was so weak that my leg fell. Anything could have happened. Sister Dr. Anjali Hooda took care of my health.”
Filmmaker Anand Pandit had told during an interview that he had lost 26 kg in 18 days for this role. Sandeep told that when he came to office, his weight was 86 kg. He drowned so much in the role that he lost 26 kg in 18 days. Randeep lost his weight by drinking only 1 date and 1 glass of milk for four months.
Randeep’s sister Anjali Hooda told in an interview that her father is a surgeon and she was very angry about her brother’s transformation and mother was crying. Anjali told, ‘My father told me not to encourage Randeep. At the same time, mother Randeep was worried to see the weight of decreasing. She used to say that I could not see it, the bone structure has become. “
Randeep’s film came out in 2016, ‘Story of two words,’ in which he was in the role of MMA fighter Suraj Chauhan. He made muscles for this role. The weight from 77 kg to 94 kg was also increased for the ‘story of two words’.
He played the title role in the 2016 ‘Sarabjit’. For this, Randeep lost 20 kg. In an interview, he said, “I wanted to experience starvation and captivity. It was necessary to work hard. I gave my 100 percent.” Randeep married Manipuri actress Lynn Lesharam in November 2023. His name was first associated with Sushmita Sen.