Posted on May 15, 2025 at 6:46 am

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Ishaan Khatter, Rohit Saraf, Ahaan Panday: The rise of shirtless heartthrobs taking over the industry

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The landscape of Bollywood has seismically shifted in the last couple of years. Gone are the days when acting chops alone could guarantee stardom, as today’s rising stars understand that physical transformation, along with wisdom, and a greater connect with their audiences on social media, is as integral to the success plan, along with talent, of course.

Photo courtesy Ishaan team
Photo courtesy Ishaan team

And these stars have successfully established that connecting factor with today’s GenZ. They bring to the table lots of talent, a huge relatability factor and a rather hot bod! These emerging heartthrobs are capturing audience attention not just with their performances but with their dedication to fitness that has resulted in Instagram-worthy bodies that fans can’t get enough of.

Ishaan Khatter

Ishaan Khatter is currently leading this hot trail of this new generation of actors with his impressive physical transformation. Clearly a fitness buff, Ishaan not only works hard at the gym, but shows off his hard-work too on social media.

Rohit Saraf

Known initially for his boy-next-door charm, Rohit Saraf’s recent remarkable 360 degree transformation has sets tongues wagging as to what is his next film role that has got him go from lean to ABS-olutely buff. His dedication to fitness, has clearly resulted in him attaining a rather delicious sculpted physique that’s becoming his new trademark.

Siddhant Chaturvedi

Siddhant Chaturvedi’s journey in Bollywood, has side-by-side been accompanied by an impressive physical evolution. His commitment to becoming fit and fitter, has given him one of the most impressive physiques among the new crop of actors.

Vedang Raina

Despite being relatively new to the industry, Vedang Raina has already set social media ablaze with his model-like fit physique.