Fardeen Khan On Losing 18 Kgs In 6 Months: “I Wanted To Physically Feel 25”

Actor Fardeen Khan hasn’t been a part of any film project since 2010. And in 2016, people online shamed him for his visible weight gain. But now, he’s all set for his Bollywood comeback with director Mukesh Chhabra in a fitter avatar. In an interview, the actor opened up about living in London all this time and his hopes for the future.

The Times of India quoted him saying, “I was a part of the industry since 1998 and my father (Feroz Khan) was a part of the industry for several years. We have seen great times. I love storytelling. I took a conscious break post-2010 but it’s just that I hadn’t thought that it would become so long. We moved to London, purely because we were facing challenges in having kids. I wanted to be the major support to my wife in that phase. Also when I saw my bundles of joy, I wanted to take my own sweet time and spend time with them. My daughter is now 7, my son is 3.”

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He added, “It’s not that the content was bad then and it’s good now. I don’t see my return in that manner. I don’t go about anything in life that way. Yes, the cinema is progressive now. The current content by and large and the new format is of course a great time for the industry. But whether cinema would have become progressive or not, I would have pitched myself back and my efforts would have been to work again. Let’s say my coming back has happened when it should have happened and was meant to happen. If you look back, we saw the change in Indian cinema coming since quite a few years didn’t we?”

 

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Hindustan Times quoted him talking about his physical transformation journey saying,

“I had stepped back then. I was happy. It was this year that I wasn’t feeling 25 anymore. I wanted to physically feel 25. As you grow older, body degeneration catches up with you. I wanted to feel very, very good again. You need to think about it as a body-mind connection. I came across this in some reading I was doing. I started eating right and healthy, coupled it with correct workouts. I have lost 18 kg in the last six months, but 35 per cent journey is yet to go in this aspect. In the work that we do in our industry, you are expected to look your best and you indeed want to look your best.”

He added, “The plan to produce and direct films is very much on. But for now, I return to acting with full focus and energy. There are opportunities and I am testing the waters. What all comes my way and what I will take up, to start with, is still not finalized.”

Welcome back, Fardeen!

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