Aamir Khan’s fitness trainer for Vicky Kaushal in ‘Uri’

Vicky Kaushal who was last seen ‘Raman Raghav 2.0’ (2016) and recently wrapped up the shooting for the Dutt biopic and his next with Alia Bhatt, titled ‘Raazi’. The actor has now dived into starting massive prep work as he gears upto essay his most challenging role till date. Recently, he has been confirmed as the lead in the ambitious film ‘Uri’, which is real life story based on the recent successful surgical strike by the Indian army. Kaushal plays an army officer in the movie and is all geared up to prepare for his role by taking extensive training for the same.

For his fitness training, he will be trained by a professional trainer Rakesh Udiyar who was also the trainer for superstar Aamir Khan. Udiyar will train the actor for his role as an army officer in which needs him to build his body in a particular way and hence will be planning diet and workout regime accordingly.

Kaushal will be shooting for the film early next year. The film is being directed by Aditya Dhar and is produced by Ronnie Screwvala’s production arm, RSVP. Apart from this film, Kaushal has three releases next year – ‘Love Per Square Foot’ with Angira Dhar, the Dutt biopic by Rajkumar Hirani and ‘Raazi’ by Meghna Gulzar.

Vicky says,” In Uri as I am supposed to play the Major who led the surgical strike operational, I have to be extremely fit for the part physically and also look a certain way in terms of my physique. So I’m training wit. Rakesh who’s an extreme knowledgeable person when it comes to fitness. He is helping me with fitness regime workout and diet part of it and helping me gain lean muscle weight of about 10-12 kgs which is required for the part and also building my strength.”