How Ranveer Singh Had To Get Past Rocky Randhawa's "Muscle Mass" For The Kathak Scene
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"It was difficult to imbibe the essential grace in the dance form," revealed Ranveer Singh
Ranveer Singh's portrayal of the larger-than-life Rocky Randhawa in the Karan Johar directorial Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani is winning hearts and how. Apart from the riveting storyline, the Gully Boy star has been receiving big love for shattering gender stereotypes in his latest film by way of delivering a magnificent Kathak performance alongside Bengali actor Tota Roy Chowdhury. This brings us to the ask me anything session held by Ranveer on his Instagram feed on Monday evening. The 38-year-old actor was asked by a fellow fan, "Your Kathak in the film was surprising... How much time did you take to learn?"
Ranveer Singh was quick to reply as he wrote, "It took about a month. It was difficult to imbibe the essential grace in the dance form given all the muscle mass that I was packing at the time!"
Take a look at the post here:
Meanwhile, Karan Johar in a recent interview with Film Companion's Anupama Chopra revealed that Ranveer Singh really worked to get into his character. Elaborating on the actor's "process," Karan Johar said, "Ranveer was with me right through those three weeks on a recce in Delhi. He would meet Instagrammers, speak to them, pick up lingos, he would absorb. He would also be driving around Delhi at night and just getting the flavour. I don't know what he was doing but he had a process."