- Actor and Prayagraj native Karan Aanand is preparing to shoot his upcoming movie in Malihabad and Lucknow as the lead.
- The actor is presently in the city for the tech recce with the crew in preparation for the shoot, which starts in mid-October.
- Aanand, a black belt in taekwondo, started dieting and engaged in yoga and bodyweight exercises to lose weight.
Actor and Prayagraj native Karan Aanand is preparing to shoot his upcoming movie in Malihabad and Lucknow as the lead. The actor is presently in the city for the tech recce with the crew in preparation for the shoot, which starts in mid-October.
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The Baby and Lupt actor says, “I am playing a rickshaw puller and for that I have lost 8 kgs of weight. I had to shed my muscles to become lean and wear the look of the character. I have been riding rickshaw in Mumbai film city for last two months to get things right in front of camera.”
Aanand, a black belt in taekwondo, started dieting and engaged in yoga and bodyweight exercises to lose weight. “Pulling rickshaw is a best form of cardio. We will be shooting majorly in Malihabad and partially in Lucknow so I did ride rickshaw in the real locations so that I get used to the roads and lanes. Besides, I have been growing a beard for last five months,” he shares.
He will star opposite Kaagaz actor Monal Gajjar in the Nikhil Rai-directed movie Jaaiye Aap Kahan Jaayenge. “She plays my wife and Sanjay (Mishra) sir plays my father. It’s about relationships and conflicts between a father and son. The film has a big message embedded but in a subtle way. It has an amazing cast with 13 actors from the National School of Drama,” he says and adds that the film is based on the problem and solution of the hygiene issues faced by women.
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Aanand’s last release was web film It’s Over. “We shot the film just after the lockdown and it’s streaming online. I also did a short film Colour Blind which has travelled to several festivals and won me a best actor awards as well. Besides, I am keeping my fingers crossed for the release of Akshay (Kumar) sir starrer Oh My God-2 where I play a very important role,” he says.
His most recent two theatrical releases were Rangeela Raja (2017) and Lupt (2018). (2019). “There-after, pandemic happened and all the work got stuck. But things are finally moving now and people are getting back to work, so am I. With God’s grace good projects are happening and hopefully I am in a process of signing a big film but will have to wait to divulge much for now,” he concludes.
