h etic ▁test ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁which ▁included ▁heav ier ▁e y el ids ▁for ▁a ▁more ▁East - As ian ▁look . ▁However , ▁the ▁final ▁result ▁did ▁not ▁appeal ▁to ▁the ▁mak ers . ▁Also , ▁the ▁prost h etic ▁would ▁not ▁hold ▁during ▁film ing ▁of ▁the ▁heavy - action ▁box ing ▁scenes . ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁reported ▁that ▁Ch op ra ' s ▁look ▁would ▁be ▁created ▁post ▁production ▁by ▁using ▁visual ▁effects . ▁However , ▁the ▁results ▁were ▁uns atisf actory ▁and ▁hence ▁this ▁idea ▁was ▁also ▁dropped . ▁Ch op ra ▁said ▁" We ▁tried ▁a ▁bunch ▁of ▁stuff ▁– ▁Visual ▁effects , ▁prost het ics , ▁make up , ▁[ but ] ▁it ▁looked ▁too ▁g imm icky . ▁That ' s ▁when ▁we ▁decided ▁to ▁go ▁with ▁just ▁carrying ▁the ▁ess ence ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁outer , ▁cos met ic ▁part ." ▁Later , ▁U day ▁Sh ir ali , ▁Ch op ra ' s ▁make up ▁artist ▁since ▁Ag ne ep ath ▁( 2 0 1 2 ), ▁was ▁h ired . ▁For ▁creating ▁box ing ▁sc ars , ▁make up ▁artist ▁Sub hash ▁Sh inde ▁was ▁employed . ▁His ▁biggest ▁challeng es ▁were ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁fight ▁marks ▁look ▁as ▁real istic ▁as ▁possible ▁as ▁it ▁required ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁time ▁and ▁detail ing . ▁He ▁stated , ▁" Every ▁p unch ▁or ▁scar ▁needed ▁to ▁look ▁real , ▁change ▁colour ▁and ▁age ▁with ▁time ▁on ▁screen ,