Adah Sharma reveals her endometriosis diagnosis, says her period ‘went on for 48 days’ during the filming of ‘Bastar’

For the shooting of ‘Bastar,’ Sharma revealed that she had to eat a lot, “I ate around 10 to 12 bananas a day." (Image via X)

Adah Sharma was in four projects last year, some for OTT platforms and the others were theatrical projects. Sharma revealed that although the busy schedule was rewarding, it also took a heavy toll on her physical health. Especially the physical transformations for different projects that made her end up with endometriosis.

She said, “I had to be in a different body for these films. For The Kerala Story, the first half I had to be petite and lean, so I look like a college girl. For Commando, I had to be muscular; for Sunflower, I play a bar dancer, so I had to look voluptuous and sexy. Whereas for Bastar, I had to be broad and large, as makers wanted me to have a towering personality so that I could look like someone in charge and control.”

For the shooting of ‘Bastar,’ Sharma revealed that she had to eat a lot, “I ate around 10 to 12 bananas a day because they wanted me to gain weight, but at the same time not be unfit. There was a lot of action in the movie. I also had to be really strong because we were carrying real guns which weighed eight kilos, running up and down rocky terrains and mountains. Nuts, dry fruits and a lot of flax seed laddoos... I would carry with me at all times, and eat two of those half an hour before going to sleep.”

Adah also recalled that gaining weight was hard but carrying around the guns during filming was way harder.

“In real life, when you do weight training, you are very careful. You breathe mindfully, but on a shoot, you are making erratic movements, because we were fighting a war in the film. My pelvis shifted and I got severe back problems. I’ve been a gymnast all my life and my back flexibility was always my pride. But, in this case, my back was in a very bad state and the film was a stressful one.”

She discussed her stress inducing a condition called endometriosis, “I don’t know how to keep a role separate from real life, and sometimes I get so involved that I allow it to take a toll on me. I was so stressed that I got a condition called Endometriosis, which means periods non-stop, and mine went on for 48 days.”