Here’s how Hrithik Roshan ditched his charm and became the guy-next-door for ‘Kaabil’

He is one of the most good looking men not in India, not even in Asia, but in the goddamn whole world! Hrithik Roshan never had to go any extra miles to impress us with his appearance, because captivating charm and sex appeal are something that he inherently carries.

However, for ‘Kaabil’, he rather needed to look the familiar guy-next-door kind. Hrithik, who plays the character of a visually impaired man, showed no inhibitions in shedding off his usual charisma for getting into the skin of Rohan Bhatnagar.

And god, how he impressed us with his emotional, so-much-in-love avatar! To do the needful, he had to make changes to his diet and put on extra kilos. His stylist in the film also made sure that he looked familiarly simple with the essence of an ordinary life.

“The transformation is not dramatic but extremely significant. Here is an actor subtly but totally surrendering to the part that he is supposed to play. He is supposed to be a regular guy who happens to be visually impaired. More importantly he is completely captivated by the inner beauty of his love interest played by Yami Gautam,” says director Sanjay Gupta.

“What is impressive is the way Hrithik transforms and becomes a guy next door. There is nothing of the physical attractiveness that he is known for”, he adds.

The film also stars Yami Gautam as Hrithik’s love interest and will hit the screens on January 25.

Ranjini Maitra

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