Actor Baburaj shares a workout video

Malayalam

actor Baburaj

has been working out well for his upcoming film

Power Star

.

Recently, he shared a video on which he can be seen hanging down from a punch bag in the gym and doing some tough crunches. His fans have also been applauding his hard work, terming it motivating. A while ago, the actor had told us that he has been working out since the lockdown to get in shape for his role in the action-entertainer directed by Omar Lulu, and had said that that hitting the gym was also aimed at a career overhaul that he has been contemplating for a year.

Baburaj had explained, “I have a resort and it has a well-equipped gym. During the lockdown, I spent a lot of time there. Since March, the fate of the cinema industry and theatres has been uncertain. Plus, nothing was happening on the work front and so, I decided to focus on upping my fitness levels.”

The actor was also hoping that his physical transformation will help get him different roles. “I started out playing negative characters and then made a shift to comedy. But I don’t want to be stereotyped as a comedy artiste and so, I wanted to use this time to transform my physique. If you want to stay relevant in our industry, it’s necessary now to stay fit,” he had said. Interestingly, the actor had used the past few months to return to his old, healthy habits. “I started going to the gym in 1982 and had also won university-level competitions for body building and was also the Power Man of Kerala. Back then, people used to make fun of those who go to the gym; now everybody is fitness conscious. In recent years, I got busy with films and fitness wasn’t the top priority anymore. But the last few months, I have been working out in the gym at my resort and in gyms owned by friends, taking the necessary precautions,” he had told us.