India, June 13 -- Arjun Rampal is playing the bad guy in the second season of Netflix's Rana Naidu. The actor, known for his fitness, gained a lot of mass for the role, in order to appear a worthy adversary to the much taller and bigger Rana Daggubati, who plays the titular hero. In a chat with HT, Arjun reveals how the weight gain was fun, but posed some issues once he had to shed all that weight after the shoot got over.

Talking about his bulked-up physique, Arjun says, "I gained 14 kg for the role. It was fun while gaining it, but not really funny when I was trying to lose it (after the shoot ended)."

At 52, Arjun is fitter than most people half his age. But the actor does agree that gaining and losing weight in his 50s is harder tha...