Shahid Kapoor's Trainer Reveals How He Shed The Extra Kilos To Play A College Student in Kabir Singh

Actor Shahid Kapoor is back with yet another film and this time he looks intense like never before. The social media is already in a tizzy after the teaser of Kabir Singh was launched and it is evident that the Batti Gul actor has put in a lot more work to look the part this time.

The actor is well-known to delve deep into his character and transform himself according to the role he portrays. This time he walked the extra mile. We got to know, Shahid had to shed over 14 kilos to essay the role of a young medical student in the official Hindi remake of the South blockbuster Arjun Reddy.

While all Shahid Kapoor admirers are waiting with a bated breath for the month of June to see him onscreen, we got in touch with his personal trainer Samir Jaura who spoke to us about the rigorous regime the actor took up to get into the skin of Kabir Singh.

Samir disclosed that it was an uphill task to make Shahid look like a college going student. Quipped he, "After a long time, Shahid would be seen as a college goer, the last film where he portrayed the role of a college student was in Ishq Vishq in the year 2003. Since then he had gained a lot more muscle and it was a tough task to make him shed those in order to get a lean look. That is why, I put him on a strict 1400-1500 calorie diet a day, along with extensive cardio sessions." He further revealed that it was a low-protein diet and it was done intentionally. "It was a balanced mix of veggies and carbs. His workout regime was also fairly intense, I made sure that he stuck to the diet very dedicatedly, with time, he lost 14 kilos. Therefore, when the film started, Shahid was looking the part."

In the second half of the film, Shahid Kapoor becomes this lovelorn self-destructive man. To look the part of a puffy, groggy alcoholic, Jaura revealed, "Shahid's diet had to be changed again and this time, it was packed with carbs, protein and dense dairy products. We had to design his workout in such a way that he looks bigger but not muscular. The original character is a doctor, so it would be inauthentic to have a doctor with six-pack abs."

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