India, Feb. 17 -- On Monday morning, RajKummar Rao put speculation to rest after his recent appearance sparked concern online. Taking to Instagram, the 41-year-old actor explained that the noticeable weight gain and altered hairline were part of his preparation for his upcoming biopic on Rajya Sabha MP Ujjwal Nikam. "It has demanded me to change physically, which I love doing. I'm not a believer in prosthetics as long as I can achieve the look through my hard work, be it gaining weight, looking old (to play a certain age) or to make my hair thin," he wrote. RajKummar gained around 10 kg for the role: "I was eating two pizzas, a lot of sweets and my favourite aloo parathas, biryani, and not using anything glam to look like the part." The actor added that he is currently in the "transition phase", losing the extra weight for a biopic on "our very own Dada", former Indian cricket team skipper Sourav Ganguly. Notably, this is not the first time RajKummar has undergone an extreme physical transformation for his role. "Everyone told me not to go half bald for Bose: Dead or Alive (2017), or not to stop eating and lose so much weight for Trapped (2017), or not to behave like a visually impaired person even when cameras weren't rolling during Srikanth (2024)," he wrote, adding, "Hopefully, when you see Nikam, you will be able to see all that hard work... Will always work the hardest to engage you, entertain you through my work." htc...