Actor Arjun Kapoor celebrates his thirty sixth birthday on Saturday. The Bollywood star was lately seen in movies akin to Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar and Sardar Ka Grandson. The former additionally received him reward from critics and audiences.
But do you know that Arjun Kapoor‘s entry into movies was not a cakewalk? Arjun was obese and needed to lose nearly 50 kilos earlier than he may land his first position. On an episode of The Anupam Kher Show, Arjun had spoken about his journey.
“I used to be a 140 kgs. When Salman Bhai (Salman Khan, actor) inspired me that I will be an actor, he instructed me ‘Main tumhare andar se ek insaan nikaluga (I’ll take a whole man out of you)’,” he stated.
He added that it was his dad and mom’ separation that took a toll on him. He was 10 years outdated when his father Boney Kapoor separated from his mom Mona Shourie. He stated he would get teased about it at college so he stopped going there. He would sit at house and eat whereas his mom, who was additionally struggling, requested others to let him stay nevertheless he wished to.
However, when he determined to be an actor, his mom inspired him too. “Then for 4 years I used to be at house to drop pounds. Who else has such luxurious that they provide 4 years merely to drop pounds,” he stated.
About how he lastly misplaced the load, he stated, “I simply began residing with Salman. Everyone is busy however when you love your self, you must take day out for your self, you must be affected person. This is a way of life. I can not exercise for 3 months and say ‘I’ve misplaced weight now I can do something’. That’s a choice I took that I will not hand over. There can be dangerous days like once I could be watching TV and Hrithik Roshan could be dancing together with his six pack abs and I sitting right here with my tond (stomach) hanging out. ‘Ye toh nahi hone wala mujhse (I can not do that),” he stated.
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Arjun has a number of movies within the pipeline together with Bhoot Police with Saif Ali Khan and Ek Villain 2 with John Abraham.
