Actor Nara Rohit, who was seen in Telugu actioner Asura, will lose weight for his role as a boxer in the yet-untitled Telugu remake of Tamil film Maan Karate.
“I had put on a lot of weight for Asura. I’ve started working out to lose most of it for Maan Karate film. Although I don’t play a boxer throughout the film, I will appear as one in some crucial scenes,” Rohit said.
The remake will be helmed by Kumar Nagendra, and currently the makers are on the lookout for a heroine. Besides Rohit, actor Kabir Duhan Singh has been finalised as the baddie. He was last seen in recent Telugu film Jil.
Maan Karate, a sports comedy, was one of the biggest hits last year in Tamil. Its story was penned by AR Murugadoss The remake will be produced by Ashok and Nagarjun, who earlier produced Telugu film Joru, which was also helmed by Kumar Nagendra.
