Rajkummar Rao is one of the finest actors in the business today thanks to his films like Shahid, Citylights, Badhaai Do, The White Tiger and many more. The actor was in the news recently when a picture of him from Diljit Dosanjh's concert went viral. It was speculated that the actor has undergone plastic surgery, especially for his chin. Speaking to ETimes, Rajkummar addressed the buzz about going under the knife.
The actor, who is in the midst of promoting his next film Srikant, which is a biopic on visually impaired businessman Srikant Bolla, in an exclusive conversation with ETimes he said, "First of all, I've lost some weight on my face and I'm very very particular about doing my cardio, I'm hardcore when it comes to skipping or running.
Long back when I gave my first audition for LSD, I still remember getting that call from Dibakar Banerjee and he said I like your test but there's some weight on your face, you need to lose that. And it's been 15 years, I'm still running every day because, you know, some things, they stay with you. But that particular picture that you're talking about, I also saw that picture and now, when you look at me and you think about that picture, they're not the same people. They're two different people. So that picture, that's flawless skin, it looks like some Korean K-pop star and I'm not that guy. I'm not that good looking, I know my reality. But it certainly looks like a little touch-top picture, you know, like somebody has played some prank on that picture"
The actor also revealed that he did undergo a small surgery for his chin on the advice of his dermatologist, "When I was starting out, a lot of people would comment on my looks and everything. So, 8-9 years back, my dermatologist told me that my face was slightly imbalance, which is why I used very little filler on my chin, just to balance it out and I'm glad I did that because I definitely feel confident. I feel I look much better now than I was 10 years back and you can see that in my films. After that (procedure), I've done films like Shaadi Mein Zaroor Ana, Newton, Trapped etc. But plastic surgery, no, I've not done any kind of plastic surgery."
Rajkummar has his plate full this year as he has multiple releases this year beginning with Srikanth, followed by his first film with Karan Johar's production house Mr and Mrs Mahi opposite Janhvi Kapoor releasing on 31st May. After that he will be seen in the sequel of his 2018 hit film Stree with Shraddha Kapoor and will end the year with Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video with national crush of India Triptii Dimrii.
Rajkummar is currently promoting his upcoming film Srikanth-a biopic on visually impaired businessman Srikanth Bolla. Talking about preparation for usl assault the role, in an exclusive interview with Etimes, Rajkummar opened up about how he didn't want to play the role like it has been done over the years in Hollywood and Bollywood films. He said, "The first obvious thought when you play a visually impaired person is to look at one point and be dead from your eyes, and I didn't want to do that because I've seen a lot of that happen." So when I started meeting, visually impaired people, I realized that out of 20, maybe there was one who was behaving like this, and for the rest of them, there was constant movement on their face, constant movement of their muscles, etc., and it was so interesting and how come nobody has ever done it, so I picked up to play Srikant."
