Farhan Akhtar on a break

Actor Farhan Akhtar has been working out quite seriously for the past couple of months. The director-turned-actor has dived headlong into his next project, film maker Rakeysh OmPrakash Mehra’s Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.

The film which is a biopic on the life of The Flying Sikh, Milkha Singh, is being touted as Farhan’s most challenging role till date. The actor, who has been training quite diligently to portray the sprinter’s role convincingly has been pushing himself to go that extra mile.

Farhan is apparently super kicked about playing a sprinter’s role and is training really hard to fit into his shoes. The actor, who was away shooting for the first schedule of the film in Chandigarh recently clocked in a little less than 12 seconds for a 100 metre run. Farhan has been training to get a lean and muscular body from the past couple of months and to look extremely authentic,  he apparently even trained with Milkha’s trainer from Ferozepur. And now that the actor is back, he is taking it a little easy.

A source close to him says, “Farhan had a really tough, gruelling schedule and is understandably, completely exhausted. He has been away from home and is happy to be back with his family. But he is very restless as a person and cannot sit idle for more than a few days. He has just come back to Mumbai, but instead of just relaxing at home, he has taken to reading books.”

On his return to the city, the actor tweeted, “M work on BMB first schedule complete. Back home in Mumbai. Time to Rest. Recuperate. Recharge. And then... Resume. Part of me saying “enjoy the break”. The other part, “what are you doing lying around??”.Maybe I’ll sit upright with a busy expression.” After a short break, the actor will be back on the sets of the film to shoot for the second schedule.