It was a complete departure from all the characters I have ever played

Ever since ULLU dropped the first song from the much-awaited show 'Tandoor' starring Tanuj Virwani & Rashami Desai, fans have poured a lot of love. To look as real as the real-life character requires a lot of effort and kudos to Tanuj Virwani for pulling this off!

Tandoor is loosely inspired by a real-life incident that took place in Delhi, where a wife was killed by her suspicious husband in a restaurant's fireplace (tandoor). Tanuj is known for his chocolate boy's look and infections smile but he left no stone unturned to look and act the part of a devious killer. Shedding his chocolate boy look behind, Tanuj gained approximately 11 kgs. He wore a 4 shade darker base to look raw and unruly.

Ongoing the extra mile to play Sahil, Tanuj shares, `I am a person who loves being physically fit, working out. But this man was a politician, who lived a certain pompous lifestyle and I had to get rid of the innocence and polishness that we as people of a certain city or upbringing have. It started with putting on weight n a slightly swollen face, as Sahil consumes a lot of alcohol. So eating cheat meals throughout my preparation stage, bingeing on chocolates, downing 3 aerated drink cans a day made me quickly put on 11kgs and gave the required mature look. Then we had to play with the face. This was a face of a not-so-young politician who from inside is a monster killer. We accentuated the under eyes by making it darker and baggy. The appearance had to be unkempt because, on most parts of the show, he is on a run. I am really happy that I could get into the disposition of the character. Credits to my team for making me look like the gruesome, out of mind and diabolic character.`

Directed by Nivedita Basu and co-produced by ULLU, Chandni Soni, and Chitra Vakil Sharma, the trailer of Tandoor is all set to release on 12th July 2021.