India, Jan. 13 -- Akshay Oberoi will next be seen alongside actor Yash in Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, which marks his South debut and the actor will be seen in an action avatar in the film. For the same, he underwent rigorous combat training for about a month before the shoot, and continued it through the course of the shoot. He recalls it as an exhilarating experience.

"I've been doing action for a long time. I learnt martial arts as a kid and continued that training into my college years. I underwent rigorous physical training for about three weeks before the shoot and that continued during the whole shoot. Learning the choreography beats for specific action sequences was quite exhilarating. We had a world-class action team from...