Harsh has turned me into a ‘mass ka hero’: Rajkummar Rao on 'Badhaai Do' director

Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao recently talked about being bulked up and having a ripped physique; thanks director of the film.

Published: Wednesday,Feb 02, 2022 06:25 AM GMT-07:00

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Junglee Pictures’ Badhaai Do features Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar in unique roles that depicts a marriage of convenience. This film about love, romance, comedy and a totally new perspective on the LGBTQI community promises to be equally fun and thought provoking.

A lavender marriage has not been seen in Hindi films before and Badhaai Do is pushing the envelope. For the unversed, lavender marriage is a male–female mixed-orientation marriage on the surface that is undertaken as a marriage of convenience to conceal the socially stigmatized sexual orientation of one or both partners.

When asked if such marriages can stand the test of time, Rajkummar said,

"I have known people who have had a marriage of convenience. A friend of mine told me the other day that he knows people who are in such an arrangement of a lavender marriage and they’ve been in the relationship for years now. It’s ironic. I can’t say that it’s an ideal situation to be in, because of societal pressure and family pressure. At times, you can find yourself in the wedding scenario and then you’re just stuck there for years and you can’t even get out of it."

For Badhaai Do, Rajkummar, who plays a cop, has also bulked up and his ripped physique is evident in the trailer. Speaking about achieving that body, he said,

"Truly, Harsh has turned me into a ‘mass ka hero’ (laughs). He managed to put mass on my body, which was never there. When Harsh told me that he wants me to be in a particular physique, I thought to myself, ‘Nobody has ever asked me to do that before’. People have wanted me to come in and play characters and act, but here’s this guy, who’s written this beautiful character but on top of that he wants me to be a macho guy as well. My takeaway was, this guy knows his job."

Meanwhile, Badhaai Do is set for a theatrical release on 11 February, 2022.

The actor was last seen on the big screens in the early 2021 release ‘Roohi’, a horror-comedy co-starring Varun Sharma and Janhvi Kapoor. The film underperformed at the box office also considering that it was dropped in the theaters in the middle of the pandemic.