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Netflix's The Royals: Ishaan Khatter reveals he fought with makers over shirtless scenes: 'Since I had committed, I went for...'
In the latest interview, Ishaan Khatter shared that he fought with the makers over shirtless scenes in Netflix's The Royals read more
Ishaan Khatter was seen flexing his washboard abs as he went shirtless in his latest Netflix outing The Royals, where he went shirtless quite a few times. A certain section even called it objectifying the character.
In the latest interview, the actor shared that he fought with the makers over shirtless scenes. 'It's that kind of character… jo shirt nahi pehenta hai. Usko nahi jamta (He doesn't like wearing a shirt, as simple as that). To be honest, now it will look like… but since I had committed, I went for it, but I did fight with them on certain days that 'Iss scene mein toh shirt pehen sakta hain. Iss scene mein kya zarurat hain (He can wear a shirt in this scene. It doesn't require him to be shirtless)!' They had very interesting ways to put this into the script, like I can put on a blanket while sleeping… but I had fun doing it,' Ishaan told Mashable India.
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The actor also revealed how he lost muscle mass for homebound and shared, ''You got to lose the muscles!' I was like, yeah, I can do that, it is easier for me to look like that, and he (director Neeraj Ghaywan) was like, 'No, no.. Ishaan please! I don't want to see a single sinew on your body!' I had to lose about 8-10 kilos again!'
Talking about The Royals, the show garnered mixed reviews from the audience. It also featured Bhumi Pednekar, Zeenat Aman, Dino Morea, Chunky Panday, Sakshi Tanwar, Vihaan Samat, Kavya Trehan, Jagdish Rajpurohit, Lisa Mishra, Nora Fatehi and others in prominent roles.
It was directed by Priyanka Ghose and Nupur Asthana and written by Neha Veena Sharma with Rangita Pritish Nandy and Ishita Pritish Nandy serving as creators.
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