Randeep Hooda apologised at a gurudwara before cutting his hair for Hollywood film Extraction; Here’s Why

Actor Randeep Hooda, who debuted in Hollywood with a Netflix film Extraction last year, has said he was actually preparing for his film on Battle of Saragarhi when the Hollywood project came his way. He also said that he grew his beard for the film, and had promised at the holy Amritsar’s Golden Temple that he would cut his hair only after completing the historical film.

Randeep also mentioned that he apologised in the temple before cutting his hair and beard when he got to know that the period drama was going nowhere. Randeep has often talked about the need for the film but never revealed why it was shelved.

Responding to the appreciation that he received for Extraction, Randeep told a leading daily, “I’m very grateful that I got to work with such an amazing cast and crew. I was preparing for something else. For three years, I had not done any work, I grew a beard and my hair and I promised at the Golden Temple that I will not cut my Kesh till I complete the movie (the shelved film on Battle Of Saragarhi),”

 

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“Then I tried to refuse that movie. But then I literally looked open my eyes a bit wider and looked at the situation, that movie was not going anywhere. So I went to the Gurdwara, apologised, cut my kesh (hair), and went on to this movie, and I didn’t realise it’s going to be such a big action film. When I read the script, there was a description of the action, but I didn’t know it was gonna be like that,” he added. Randeep is recently seen as the antagonist in Salman Khan’s Eid release Radhe Your Most Wanted Bhai. Directed by Prabhudheva, the movie saw a digital release in India and was available across various digital platforms under the pay-per-view model.

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