Sundeep goes on an egg white-black coffee diet to lose weight for action film
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The team had taken a break for about a month so that Sundeep could gain all that muscle and kilos he lost to shoot for the seven-day episode. For Sundeep Kishan, Michael is an ambitious project, and the actor says he has pushed his limits to play the titular character in the Ranjit Jeyakodi directorial. In fact, Sundeep was on an egg-white diet to lose weight for a small episode in the film. “It’s an action film, and has a John Wick vibe. I needed the character to look slim and powerful, somebody like Bruce Lee. Before starting shoot, Sundeep went to the gym for about seven months to get a physique like that,” says the director, who goes on to add that the actor lost a lot of muscle weight to achieve a specific look for a portion of the film recently.“The film traces five stages of Michael’s life — from age 20 to 28 — and there are various weight categories that he goes through. There’s a particular episode that happens over seven days in the story, and I wanted to look the part. So, I was on egg white, iced black coffee, boiled vegetables and very less water. I will not suggest this diet to anybody, but since the character required it, I followed it,” says Sundeep, who went from 80kg to 71.3kg within a few days.“I dieted for six days, and followed the same eating pattern for the nine days that we shot those sequences. It was my lowest weight ever, and my family panicked when they saw me like that,” exclaims the actor, who followed the diet under the guidance of a trainer. “Gopal and Kuldeep are my trainers in Mumbai and Hyderabad, respectively. Kuldeep is helping me maintain my physique for Michael, and he was absolutely not happy when I went on this diet. I’d gained good muscles for the role after a lot of hard work, and he was upset that I would lose it all just for a small sequence. But as actors, you want to look a certain way for a film and don’t think about the effect it could have on your health. You don’t get to do sequences like these that often in your career, and when I got this opportunity, I decided to push myself.”The team had taken a break for about a month so that Sundeep could gain all that muscle and kilos he lost to shoot for the seven-day episode. “I’ve put on about six kilos now,” he says.“We will be shooting the last leg of the film now. We’ve filmed in Hyderabad and Mumbai so far, and we will be shooting in Delhi, Vizag, Chennai and Hyderabad again in this schedule,” informs Ranjit.Lokesh-Sundeep reuniteLokesh Kanagaraj made his debut with Maanagaram, which starred Sundeep. Now, the two are coming together again for Michael, as the filmmaker will be presenting the Tamil version of the film. Says Sundeep, “He’d seen the footage and loved Ranjit’s vision. Plus, both Ranjith and Lokesh have the Sethu anna (Vijay Sethupathi, who is also part of the film) connection. So, I feel this is a very positive collaboration.”End of ArticleFOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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For Sundeep Kishan, Michael is an ambitious project, and the actor says he has pushed his limits to play the titular character in the Ranjit Jeyakodi directorial. In fact, Sundeep was on an egg-white diet to lose weight for a small episode in the film. “It’s an action film, and has a John Wick vibe. I needed the character to look slim and powerful, somebody like Bruce Lee. Before starting shoot, Sundeep went to the gym for about seven months to get a physique like that,” says the director, who goes on to add that the actor lost a lot of muscle weight to achieve a specific look for a portion of the film recently.“The film traces five stages of Michael’s life — from age 20 to 28 — and there are various weight categories that he goes through. There’s a particular episode that happens over seven days in the story, and I wanted to look the part. So, I was on egg white, iced black coffee, boiled vegetables and very less water. I will not suggest this diet to anybody, but since the character required it, I followed it,” says Sundeep, who went from 80kg to 71.3kg within a few days.“I dieted for six days, and followed the same eating pattern for the nine days that we shot those sequences. It was my lowest weight ever, and my family panicked when they saw me like that,” exclaims the actor, who followed the diet under the guidance of a trainer. “Gopal and Kuldeep are my trainers in Mumbai and Hyderabad, respectively. Kuldeep is helping me maintain my physique for Michael, and he was absolutely not happy when I went on this diet. I’d gained good muscles for the role after a lot of hard work, and he was upset that I would lose it all just for a small sequence. But as actors, you want to look a certain way for a film and don’t think about the effect it could have on your health. You don’t get to do sequences like these that often in your career, and when I got this opportunity, I decided to push myself.”The team had taken a break for about a month so that Sundeep could gain all that muscle and kilos he lost to shoot for the seven-day episode. “I’ve put on about six kilos now,” he says.“We will be shooting the last leg of the film now. We’ve filmed in Hyderabad and Mumbai so far, and we will be shooting in Delhi, Vizag, Chennai and Hyderabad again in this schedule,” informs Ranjit.Lokesh-Sundeep reuniteLokesh Kanagaraj made his debut with Maanagaram, which starred Sundeep. Now, the two are coming together again for Michael, as the filmmaker will be presenting the Tamil version of the film. Says Sundeep, “He’d seen the footage and loved Ranjit’s vision. Plus, both Ranjith and Lokesh have the Sethu anna (Vijay Sethupathi, who is also part of the film) connection. So, I feel this is a very positive collaboration.”End of ArticleFOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
