Acting is so much more than just learning some lines and repeating them convincingly for a few hours. Depending on who you have to portray, you have to take your mind into some really dark places and indulge in activities and situations you would never usually be in. Actors, especially the good ones, usually have their own ways of prepping for a role, and things sometimes tend to get pretty mental. Here are some of the craziest things Bollywood actors have done to prepare for their roles!

3. Balraj Sahni in 'Do Bigha Zameen'

Actually pulled a rickshaw on Kolkata streets to prepare for his role

Balraj played the role of a rickshaw puller in this Bimal Roy movie from 1953. To better prepare for his role, he actually rehearsed by pulling a rickshaw on the streets of Calcutta. He interacted with many rickshaw pullers and used their lives as a foundation for his character.

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4. Kareena Kapoor in 'Chameli'

Visited and spent time with the prostitutes of Kamathipura red light area

To prepare for her role as a prostitute in the film Chameli, Kareena actually visited the infamous Kamathipura red light district in Mumbai, meeting prostitutes and really getting in touch with what life is like on the other end of the spectrum.

Source - Khurki