I Didn’t Put On Weight For Shyam Singha Roy: Nani

We can see lots of variation in the getups of Nani’s two characters in Shyam Singha Roy. While Vasu looks like a guy next door, Shyam appears like a typical Bengali guy. Nani looked bit chubby as Shyam and the actor during press meet in Chennai clarified saying, he didn’t put on weight for the character.

“There was not much gap between shooting the portions of Vasu and Shyam. I didn’t put on weight for the character of Shyam. Perhaps, the beard is gone, I looked a little more chubby, which added to the character. Not as weight wise, but I think character and performance wise, the approach was completely different for Vasu and Shyam. While Shyam belongs to 60s, Vasu belongs to 2020.”

Nani who is a big fan of Mani Ratnam stated it’s his dream to work with the director. “We planned to do a film together, but it didn’t materialize for some reasons. However, I’m waiting eagerly to work with him. He is my favourite director in the entire world.”

The event was also attended by Sai Pallavi, Samuthirakani and producer Venkat Boyanapalli.