India, June 27 -- Former national level boxer and fitness trainer Tridev Pandey, a Varanasi native, is the man behind the transformation of actor Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion.

"Kartik is well trained in boxing now. The idea was always to train him to the core so no body-double would have to be used. It took 14 months to do the job and I made him learn the sport from scratch," says the trainer from Varanasi.

Pandey, who started training Bollywood personalities in 2017, feels fitness is still a confused term.

"Being an athlete who has competed at the national and international level, I believe in training for a sport and taking fitness and good health as a lifelong journey, surely not as an ultimate aim...ke bas body ban jaye. Sab k...