Aamir Khan on ‘Dangal’ transformation: I wasn’t scared when I was gaining weight

Aamir Khan is an actor who goes all out to get the perfect look for his character. The actor who plays the role of Mahavir Singh Phogat, had to first gain weight and then lose it all to portray the different stages of Phogat’s life.

A man with a big paunch, white beard, weighing 97 kg with a body fat of 32 per cent— 51-year-old Aamir Khan said he actually enjoyed the process of gaining weight to play the older and heavier wrestler in his upcoming film, ‘Dangal.

Reason? “I could eat anything that I wanted. From chocolates, pastries and fried stuff, I indulged in eating some amazing food that was always restricted for me as a part of my diet,” Aamir says, adding that his wife and mother were actually concerned about his health.