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Vijay Deverakonda Recalls Extreme Dehydration for Liger Shoot: "Just Licking an Ice Cube"
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News18•03-10-2026, 17:55
Vijay Deverakonda Recalls Extreme Dehydration for Liger Shoot: "Just Licking an Ice Cube"
- •Vijay Deverakonda underwent severe physical preparation for Liger, drastically reducing his water intake to just 200 ml daily, and eventually only licking ice cubes.
- •The actor admitted the dehydration routine was unhealthy, causing him to constantly think about water, especially when intake dropped to 300 ml.
- •During the final 10 hours before shooting, he was not allowed to drink water, leading him to sleep while dreaming of hydration.
- •After the shoot, Vijay requested four liters of chilled coconut water, prioritizing it over food due to extreme thirst.
- •His experience with dehydration for Liger and research into the Madras Famine for his film Ranabaali, which depicts starvation, profoundly impacted his perspective on food and hunger.
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Vijay Deverakonda gradually reduced his water intake from four to six litres a day down to around 200 ml, culminating in the final ten hours before the shoot where he was not allowed any water and could only lick an ice cube before completing four more hours of filming.
Once the shoot was nearing completion and he was allowed to hydrate, Vijay Deverakonda did not ask for food, but instead requested four litres of chilled coconut water waiting for him.
Ranabaali is set against the Madras Famine of 1876-78, a historical period whose disturbing reference photographs of extreme starvation left a lasting impact on the actor's perspective on food.
