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Parineeti Chopra is earning rave reviews for her performance in the latest release Amar Singh Chamkila but the actress has revealed that she was warned against doing the film. Directed by Imtiaz Ali, the film is a biopic on Punjabi singer Amar Singh Chamkila who was gunned down at the peak of his career along with his wife, singer Amarjot Kaur. In the film, Diljeet Dosanjh plays a titular role while Parineeti plays his wife. 

In a recent interview, Parineeti has revealed that she gained 16 kgs for her role. While speaking to Bollywood Hungama, she candidly shared her experience of looking her 'worst' for the film. 

Parineeti expressed, “Imtiaz (director Imtiaz Ali) sir said you have to sing live on set. You have to put 20 kilos for this film. 16 kilos for this film I ended up putting. You have to not have a patch of makeup on your face. You have to sort of look your worst in a way. But it's a performance character. I forgot everything else."

Parineeti Chopra revealed she lost out on other opportunities due to her physical transformation for Chamkila. She shared, "For the past years, I have hardly been seen on red carpets. I have not done many brand shoots. I have not been seen around because I was looking like this. I am still looking like this and I have still not lost the weight and I am still not looking like myself. But I did not care. That is the kind of actor I am."

Mentioning her inspiration behind gaining weight, Parineeti Chopra expressed, "People like Vidya Balan, they inspire me when they do it for The Dirty Picture. Even in Hollywood, actors transform themselves and lose everything. That is the kind of actor I am. I hope people see that."

Parineeti addressed pregnancy rumours

The actress also addressed rumours of her being pregnant and going under the knife. "People were speculating that I was pregnant. I have done Botox. I have done lipo suction -- all sorts of rumours were there about me because I was looking this way." 

For the trailer launch of Chamkila last month, Parineeti wore a black kaftan dress, which led to pregnancy rumours.

To refute the rumours, Parineeti Chopra also uploaded a video wearing a fitted ivory outfit. The video opened with the text, “POV: wearing well-fitted clothes today, because when I tried a kaftan dress…” 

Following politics post-marriage

Parineeti Chopra married politician Raghav Chadha in September 2023 and admitted that she has started following politics post-marriage. "But my complaint is that he doesn't follow entertainment. God only knows (what he watched on screen last). And only he knows. I have to cue him. He knows nothing about films."

Parineeti Chopra continued, “He (Raghav Chadha) knows a little about music, but he won't know if it's my film song. So I have to continuously nudge him, ‘Just pretend like you know' (laughs). So it's sweet. But the best thing is that I actually don't know anything about politics, he doesn't know anything about entertainment, so our conversations are about life. That's perfect for me.”

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Both Parineeti and Diljeet have earned rave reviews for their performance in Amar Singh Chamkila. In her review, WION's Shomini Sen wrote, "Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra infuse life into a known story. The two not only pick up the mannerisms of rural rising singers of the 1980s but also perform some of Chamkila's iconic songs live for the screen- and are splendid at that. Parineeti, who has played lively/feisty characters for most of her career- is beautifully restrained as Amarjot Kaur. " Read full review here