Adding further he said, `I have a very lean body type and I just wanted to add muscle mass, but did not want to become bulky. I did a lot of functional training with `Tribe` and weights with my personal trainer `Ashish`, I do not particularly believe in diet, I made sure there were no fried items, minimal salt, no butter, or oil. My food was mostly steamed, roasted, or grilled. Going on a diet sounds extremely easy but it is difficult to follow, it was even more difficult for me as I am a foodie.`
Talking further Nikhil said, `The idea of the transformation was to start playing my age, mostly I am always offered a young fun loving teenage character, but I want to do mature and serious kinds of roles as well.
My friends were surprised to see me and loved my new look`.
In conclusion he added, `You must transform as per your body type, I personally believe 60% of your transformation depends on food and 40% depends on workout.`
The actor is gearing up for the release of `Black Widows' on ZEE5.