Vidyut Jammwal

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vidyut Jammwal

• Does Vidyut Jammwal smoke?: No

• Does Vidyut Jammwal drink alcohol?: No

• Vidyut was born into an Army family, hence he travelled and lived all over India due to his father’s regular transfers.

• His father passed away when he was a child.

• His mother is a former Miss Jammu & Kashmir.

• He started his martial arts (Kalaripayattu) training at the age of 3 when he used to live at an ashram in Palakkad, Kerala. He has participated in different martial arts competitions across 30 countries.

• He came to Mumbai to showcase martial arts at a greater platform, but luckily he came to know about the auditions going on for Nishikant Kamath’s Force (2011) – a remake of Tamil film Kaakha Kaakha (2003), where he went and got selected.

• Jammwal has initiated a course in which he teaches girls how to defend themselves.

• Earlier, he used to be a non-vegetarian, but in 2002, he turned vegetarian.

• In 2014, he was named PETA’s hottest vegetarian of 2013.

  

• He was offered to play the role of Salman Khan’s younger brother in Sooraj Barjatya’s Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015), but because of his date issues, he wasn’t able to accept the offer.

• Jammwal follows a tough workout routine as he does 5 days of martial art training, 2 days of weight training (6 – 7 hours/day), which includes warm-ups, running/ sprinting, pull-ups, squats, handstand walks, upper body workout that includes roman rings, parallel bars, and push-ups.

• He is a devotee of Lord Hanuman.

• In 2016,  Jammwal was featured in Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s ‘Tumhe Dillagi’ song with co-star Huma Qureshi.