Shriyam Bhagnani trained nine months to play sumo wrestler in Sumo Didi

Actor Shriyam Bhagnani trained seven to eight hours a day for nine months to play Hetal Dave, India's first female sumo wrestler, in the biopic Sumo Didi, her first lead role. In an interview, she said the bigger pressure was portraying a real person close to her own age, and that people treated her differently after she gained weight for the part.