▁character . ▁For ▁the ▁role , ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁learn ▁the ▁Man ip uri ▁acc ent , ▁which ▁was ▁difficult ▁for ▁him ▁being ▁a ▁H ary an vi . ▁K umar ▁lost ▁ 1 2 ▁kil ogram ▁to ▁look ▁the ▁part , ▁and ▁followed ▁a ▁strict , ▁gr illed ▁ch icken ▁and ▁oil - free ▁fish ▁protein ▁di et ▁for ▁three ▁months . ▁▁ ▁Pre - production ▁ ▁The ▁production ▁design ▁was ▁handled ▁by ▁K umar ' s ▁wife ▁Van ita . ▁After ▁plans ▁to ▁shoot ▁in ▁Man ip ur ▁were ▁dropped ▁because ▁of ▁safety ▁concerns , ▁extensive ▁research ▁was ▁done ▁to ▁find ▁locations ▁similar ▁to ▁Man ip ur . ▁Their ▁search ▁ended ▁in ▁Him ach al ▁Pr adesh , ▁Man ali , ▁where ▁a ▁major ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁was ▁re created . ▁Van ita ▁used ▁a ▁real ▁structure ▁instead ▁of ▁a ▁set ▁to ▁show ▁Kom ' s ▁child hood ▁home ▁in ▁K ang at he i . ▁She ▁re created ▁the ▁look ▁and ▁feel ▁of ▁Man ip ur ▁in ▁D har am sh ala ▁and ▁Man ali . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁search , ▁Van ita ▁found ▁two ▁houses ▁that ▁were ▁similar ▁to ▁those ▁where ▁Kom ▁spent ▁her ▁child hood ▁and ▁lived ▁after ▁her ▁marriage . ▁For ▁authentic ity , ▁the ▁house ▁was ▁filled ▁with ▁items ▁similar ▁to ▁those ▁found ▁at ▁Kom ' s ▁house ▁such ▁as ▁ind igen ous ▁short ▁st ools ▁and ▁w oven ▁cur tain s ▁s our ced ▁from ▁Man ip ur . ▁Since ▁Kom ▁has ▁a ▁separate