Jaideep Ahlawat wept openly in the gym while trying to pull off body transformation for Maharaj, says Aditya Chopra insisted on chiseled physique

 

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He continued, “I still remember the look of my trainer Prajwal sir, when he saw me on my day one. When we began training, I couldn’t finish my fifth pushup. I stayed on the ground. And I looked at him and I was like, ‘I can do it sir.’ But the conviction in his eyes was so bad. I said, ‘We’ll do it, sir.’ Within a month, I almost lost eight to nine kilos. But it was very painful. He had videos of me where I am crying. It’s in his phone. He said, ‘I will show them to you some day’. I think this is probably the right time, he will make me viral where a man is crying while exercising.”

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After the film’s release, Jaideep Ahlawat shared a couple of photos of himself showing off his body transformation journey. Sharing the post, he wrote, “From 109.7 Kg. to 83 Kg. in 5 month. That’s the Physical Transformation for the Role of Maharaj. Thank you Prajwal Sir for believing in me.”

 

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He also shared a montage of his workout videos. He said, “Montage bannane ke liye pehli body banane padti hai. Thank you @prajwal7542 Sir. Kaash …body bannana, montage banane jitna aasaan hota. Morphing into a different character with each movie is every actors dream, I just so happen to be living out mine.”

His trainer Prajwal Shetty shared a video of the actor crying during his workout

 

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Maharaj, directed by Siddharth P Malhotra, is currently streaming on Netflix. It also stars Sharvari Wagh and Shalini Pandey in pivotal roles.