Rajkummar Rao started looking fat and old: Rajkummar Rao has revealed that he has gained weight for his upcoming film ‘Nikam’, in which he is playing the role of famous public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.
Rajkummar Rao recently started looking fat and old. "looking old" Responded to trolling regarding. He told that he had to gain weight for the film ‘Nikam’, actually he is playing the character of Ujjwal Nikam in his next movie. Nikam is a lawyer and politician who advocates on behalf of the Government of India. Who was appointed Rajya Sabha member in July 2025. According to the actor, he deliberately gained weight so that he could present the character of Nikam exactly the same on screen. Rao is preparing to completely transform his fitness for the biopic of cricket legend Sourav Ganguly in his next project. Rajkumar Rao wrote in a recent post, "My identity is through my art. I have completed the shooting of my upcoming biopic #Nikam and yes, for this I had to undergo many changes in my body, which I love.
Rao said, I do not believe in using artificial instruments, as long as I can achieve the desired look with my own hard work, as I have done in Nikam, be it gaining weight, looking old, or thinning my hair, for which my hair The stylists were totally against, but everyone advised me not to go half bald even for Bose and not gain so much weight or not to stop eating and drink so much weight for Trapped and not to lose so much weight or not to behave like a blind character even when the cameras were switched off during the shooting of Srikanth.
Rajkummar Rao said- For Nikam I had to gain about 9-10 kilos and I was eating 2 pizzas, lots of it. He was eating sweets, his favorite aloo parathas and biryani and was not using any kind of glamorous thing to look like the character. Hopefully, when you watch the film, which is going to be released soon, you will see all my hard work." Rao said- "And now is the time of change, now the time has come to get into the character of Ganguly. Our own grandfather. I will always work hard to keep you engaged and entertained. Lots of love.