Randeep Hooda’s weight drops 18kg in a month under medical guidance for Sarbjit!

Generally, actors, who have to lose weight significantly take months to achieve the desired look but Randeep Hooda, who plays the hero in Omung Kumar's next Sarbjit, took just a month to lose 18 kilos for a few sequences of the movie.

Randeep had a month to transform himself from a hunk to a starving man confined in a small prison cell. His diet was closely looked by his sister Dr Anjali Hooda-Sangwan, an Obesity, Metabolic Medicine and Clinical Nutrition Specialist who put him on a very low calorie diet of proteins and greens with a few cheat days when he could have some starch depending on his activity levels. The diet allowed him between 500-600 calories every day, but varied depending on weight, hydration levels, vitamin deficiency and his body's reaction to the food intake.

Sarbjit is based on the life of Sarbjit Singh, an Indian farmer, who was convicted on grounds of espionage by the Pakistani government. Apart from Hooda, the film also stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Richa Chadda.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s de-glam look in a very first official poster of the film!

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who made her comeback to Bollywood with Sanjay Gupta's action thriller Jazbaa, will be next seen in Omung Kumar's next movie Sarbjit, which is based on the life of Indian farmer Sarbjit Singh, who was sentenced for spying by the Pakistani government.

The official poster of the movie was unveiled yesterday by Aishwarya and her team and the poster, which features the light-eyed beauty, shows her in a totally de-glam avatar in her drab brown salwar-kameez, greying hair and tired eyes behind wire-rimmed spectacles. The backdrop of the poster displays Randeep Hooda's character languishing in a prison.

Apart from Aishwarya, who plays Sarbjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, the movie also stars Richa Chadda, who plays Sarbjit's wife.

Aishwarya intervenes for getting permission to shoot at Indo-Pak border!

We had informed a couple of days back that the Sarbjit team was facing issues with securing permission to shoot a few sequences of their forthcoming movie at the Indo-Pak border, but it now seems that the schedule will finally go through.

News has it that Aishwarya, who plays a leading role in the movie, intervened and personally requested government officials to grant her team the required permissions to shoot at the border and when a former beauty queen makes a request, it is somewhat tough to turn her down, isn't it? Unnecessary to say, the permissions were granted and the crew will shoot for the sequence in the coming week before heading to Mumbai for their next schedule.

Directed by Omung Kumar, Sarbjit, which also stars Randeep Hooda and Richa Chadda, revolves around Indian farmer Sarbjit Singh, who was convicted for spying by the Pakistan government.

Aishwarya Rai sweeps the floor and washes dishes for Seva at the Harmandir Sahib!

It is amazing to see former beauty queen and Bachchan Bahu Aishwarya Rai sweeping floors and washing dishes.

But that's accurately what the light-eyed beauty did lately while at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, where she had been shooting for her forthcoming movie Sarbjit. The crew lately shot at the Harmandir Sahib, Golden Temple in Amritsar where they captured some beautiful shots of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in and with the beautiful shrine. But, apart from shooting, Aishwarya also performed seva at the divine place. From washing dishes to sweeping the floors, making chapatis and preparing dal, the beautiful actress did everything that a person doing seva in the temple would do, before having food at the traditional 'langar' at the temple.

In the movie, which is being directed by Omung Kumar, Aishwarya will play the role of Dalbir Kaur, the sister of Sarbjit Singh, an Indian farmer, who was convicted on charges of spying by the Pakistani government. The movie also stars Randeep Hoodaand and Richa Chadda.

Reel brother bonds with real Sarbjit's sister on the film set!

Randeep Hooda will be seen playing the lead role in Omung Kumar's Sarbjit, which revolves around an Indian farmer, who was sentenced and executed on charges of espionage by the Pakistan government and it seems that Hooda has won the hearts of Sarbjit Singh's family members, particularly his sister Dalbir Kaur.

An insider reveals, "Randeep met Dalbir for the first time in Mumbai, before they started shooting for the movie. And when they were filming at Bhikhiwind, a town along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab, recently, Dalbir dropped in on the sets to meet Randeep. She shared stories of her and Sarabjit's childhood. This even helped Randeep prepare for his role."

The source further adds that Dalbir has invited Randeep to her house. "He has promised her that he will come over for a meal. They share a great bond now," the source added.

When contacted, Randeep says, ''It was a pleasure to meet Sarabjit's family and friends in Bhikhiwind. Dalbir and both her daughters are adorable.''

The film will have Aishwarya Rai Bachchan playing Dalbir Kaur while Richa Chadda will play Sarbjit's wife.

Richa Chadha rehearsed for a few days before the Punjabi song went on the floors!

Richa Chadda will be essaying the role of Sarabjit Singh's wife Sukhpreet Kaur in the latter's biopic Sarbjit, which is being directed by filmmaker Omung Kumar and she lately shot for a fun Punjabi song for the film.

Speaking about the song, Richa told, "We rehearsed for a few days before the song went on the floors. It's choreographed by Vishnudeva." Talking about her role she further added, "It's a superb character. I am working on getting the diction right."

The actress will be reuniting with her Main Aur Charles co-star Randeep Hooda, who is playing the titular role, in Sarbjit. “You will see more romance this time around. The earlier film was quite intense. Working with Aishwarya too is pretty amazing," she revealed.

The movie also stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and will release on May 19, this year.