{"id":88877,"date":"2025-01-03T23:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T23:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/abhishek-chaubey-reveals-shahid-kapoors-extreme-dedication-to-udta-punjab-role-he-hardly-ate-anything\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T23:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T23:06:11","slug":"abhishek-chaubey-reveals-shahid-kapoors-extreme-dedication-to-udta-punjab-role-he-hardly-ate-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/abhishek-chaubey-reveals-shahid-kapoors-extreme-dedication-to-udta-punjab-role-he-hardly-ate-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"Abhishek Chaubey reveals Shahid Kapoor\u2019s extreme dedication to \u201cUdta Punjab\u201d role, &#039;He Hardly Ate Anything&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"featuredimg\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <!-- popular full --><\/p>\n<p class=\"captionimg\">Abhishek Chaubey reveals Shahid Kapoor\u2019s extreme dedication to \u201cUdta Punjab\u201d role, \u2018He Hardly Ate Anything\u2019<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The actor\u2019s strict diet and reduced food intake were necessary to portray the character.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The film, released in 2016, became a critical and commercial hit.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The ensemble cast includes Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor, and Diljit Dosanjh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cUdta Punjab\u201d was one of the few films that provided an authentic insight into the world of drug addiction. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/showbiz\/2023\/10\/shahid-kapoor-reveals-his-reasons-for-not-doing-multiple-movies-yearly\/\">Shahid Kapoor\u2019s<\/a> portrayal of Tommy Singh remains memorable, and recently, the film\u2019s director, Abhishek Chaubey, shared the actor\u2019s dedication to the role. Chaubey revealed that Shahid, being a vegetarian who doesn\u2019t consume alcohol, drank a lot of coffee to get into character. He also ate less to lose weight for the role.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with \u201cMashable India\u201d, Abhishek Chaubey opened up about Shahid Kapoor\u2019s hard work in portraying Tommy Singh in the film. He revealed that Kapoor doesn\u2019t smoke, drink, or consume meat. As a result, Chaubey had the actor drink a lot of black coffee to replicate the energy needed to play a cocaine addict.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cShahid had to put in a lot of energy because he doesn\u2019t drink, doesn\u2019t do drugs, he is a vegetarian, ekdum sant aadmi hai. I made him drink a lot of black coffee during the entire shoot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the \u201cKabir Singh\u201d actor is a vegetarian. To transform into the character, he followed a strict diet and ate less because a struggling addict has no interest in food. \u201cMoreover, he hardly ate anything because I needed him to look like a drug addict. If you\u2019re playing a druggie like Tommy, you don\u2019t have any interest in food, and you keep losing weight,\u201d Chaubey explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUdta Punjab\u201d, released in 2016, became both a critical and commercial hit. Made on a small budget, the film went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of 2016. Its gripping storyline about Punjab\u2019s drug crisis captivated audiences. The film featured an ensemble cast, including Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor, and Diljit Dosanjh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/FotoJet-49-1-254x144.jpg\" alt=\"Shahid kapoor reacts to criticism on Kabir Singh, admits actions of character were uncceptable\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">Shahid kapoor reacts to criticism on Kabir Singh, admits actions of character were uncceptable<\/h5>\n<p>Shahid Kapoor discussed the challenges of portraying Kabir Singh. He admitted that&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/entertainment\/2024\/12\/shahid-kapoor-reacts-to-criticism-on-kabir-singh-admits-actions-of-character-were-uncceptable-2\/\" class=\"post-link\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abhishek Chaubey reveals Shahid Kapoor\u2019s extreme dedication to \u201cUdta Punjab\u201d role, \u2018He Hardly Ate Anything\u2019 The actor\u2019s strict diet and reduced food intake were necessary to portray the character. The film, released in 2016, became a critical and commercial hit. The ensemble cast includes Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor, and Diljit Dosanjh. \u201cUdta Punjab\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FotoJet-2025-01-03T212910.686.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showbiz"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}