Pritviraj has apparently told his close friends that he is playing a once-in-a-lifetime role in Mani Ratnam’s bilingual tentatively titled Asokavanam in Tamil.



For the role, the actor has — under instructions from the director — worked out at a gym in Thiruvananthapuram with a personal trainer named Vinod, who is a former Kerala University athletic champion.

It is learnt that Pritviraj will soon be the latest to join the coveted six-pack club, with the likes of Surya and Vishal

The actor started working on his six-pack while he was shooting for his Malayalam film Lollipop with Bhavana

Mani Ratnam had insisted that Prithvi has a six-pack in the film, where he is supposed to play Aishwarya Rai’s husband who really does not love her as he is a self-obsessed man.

The actor now looks as fit as a fiddle and is said to have lost 10 kilos over the last three months. He is very secretive about his new look, and has refused to show off his six-pack, as “Mani sir does not like the look to go public.”