Raghav Juyal on taking up boxing training for ‘Yudhra’ alongside Siddhant Chaturvedi

Known for his playful and adventurous personality on social media, Raghav Juyal will next be seen in the action thriller from Excel Entertainment, Yudhra with Siddhant Chaturvedi. The sources close to the actor says he took intense boxing training to perform high octane stunts in this Excel Entertainment production, which is an out and out action film, making it first in this genre for the actor.

Raghav went through intense training that included running, High-Intensity Interval Training, mitt work, sparring, strength and conditioning, and boxing drills. During the training Raghav worked out similar to what a professional boxer goes through like focussing on smooth, clean speed bag drills, Hitting the heavy bag for 3-minute intervals for 3-5 times each training session, a 30-second punching "sprints" to build arm endurance, strength training regime.

 Speaking about this, Raghav said, “I have taken up boxing in the past. But took a pause after that. However, when the film came to me, I resumed my training. It came in handy for the film. Yudhra is a marvelous action film and this skill set is added to the prep of my character.”

Earlier Raghav was seen in the action-comedy ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’. The film headlined by Salman Khan also starred Pooja Hegde, Venkatesh, Siddharth Nigam, Palak Tiwari, Shehnaaz Gill and Vinali Bhatnagar in pivotal roles. The film received love from the audiences and Raghav was also praised for his performance.

Raghav's next is with Oscar winner producer Guneet Monga Sikhya Entertainment production "Gyarah Gyarah" which is a thriller film set to release on Zee5 soon.