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Bodybuilding for actors is not just about fitness anymore.

According to the script’s requirements, these dedicated leading men go all out to both -- lose or gain weight.

In the upcoming drama Southpaw, Jake Gyllenhaal plays boxer Billy Hope. The actor, in the tradition of Robert De Niro (Raging Bull) and Will Smith (Ali), is virtually unidentifiable figure with all that excess buff.

Who else has been on this bulky bandwagon?

Let’s see.

John Abraham, Force

Lifting a 150 kilos bike is no joke but the fit ‘n’ fabulous John Abraham pulls it off thanks to all the extra muscle he piled on to play a super cop in Force.

Tom Hardy, The Dark Knight Rises

Bane enjoys a reputation as Batman’s backbreaking nemesis in the world of comic books. And so after Christopher Nolan decided to rope in Tom Hardy as his live-action version in the concluding film of The Dark Knight Trilogy, the British star beefed up big over a regime of binge eating and extensive workouts.

Salman Khan, Veer


Salman Khan never misses a chance to flaunt his lean physique. But to play a warrior of an exotic tribe in Anil Sharma’s costume drama Veer, he hit the gym with the goal to appear ripped than usual.

Christian Bale, Batman Begins

After starving himself to near death to look all scary and skinny in The Machinist, Christian Bale bulked up and how to play one of the coolest superheroes ever in Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed take on the Batman franchise.

Aamir Khan, Ghajini

Always recognised for his mind over muscle, Aamir Khan dropped quite a few jaws with his striking transformation as a heftily sculpted, tattooed amnesiac in the vendetta movie, Ghajini.

Ben Affleck, Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice

Wearing that highly sought-after Batsuit has its price. Like Bale before him, Ben Affleck too had to gain a substantial size by chomping on 5,000 calories a day to look the part in the highly anticipated, Batman Vs Superman. And part of that enormous evolution is visible in his most recent appearance, Gone Girl.

Sanjay Dutt, Agneepath

Back in his heydays, Sanjay Dutt’s chiseled physique inspired the likes of Salman Khan. In recent years, however, the out-of-shape actor was prodded by his Saajan co-star to hit the gym and develop that daunting, burly, larger-than-life Goliath of Agneepath.

Hrithik Roshan, Agneepath

Duggu’s gym-fixation is no secret. Be it his rigorous workout sessions and diet charts to achieve the flawless form of Krrish or bulking up for Agneepath’s street-style fighter Viju, Hrithik Roshan is quite a go-getter.

Kamal Haasan, Abhay

Kamal Haasan is one of the most venerable artists on India’s entertainment scene. And with good reason too. Like the time he plastering layers of prosthetics to play the motherly caretaker in Chachi 420 or noticeably beefed up to play a demented twin in Abhay.

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