Rajkummar Rao goes nude onscreen for Omerta

From losing kilos, to play a man stuck in a highrise in Trapped, to studying the legal system and playing the activist-lawyer in Shahid, Rajkummar Rao always did his bit for a character’s authenticity. 

Staying true to his high standards of method acting, the actor has now gone nude for his role in his  latest — and by far the boldest move onscreen — Omerta, based on terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh. 

Rajkummar says, “I’m comfortable with my body and if a scene genuinely demands nudity, I don’t mind. As long as it’s for the scene and not to titillate the audience, I am okay. Be it LSD, Shahid or now Omerta, these are all very powerful scenes in extremely relevant contexts.”