Kartik Aryan was the guest on the first day of Agenda Aaj Tak 2024. The actor, who was last seen in Chandu Champion, talked in detail about his film Chandu Champion. He also shared that he lied to director Kabir Khan when he was asked if the actor knew how to swim.

While speaking at the event, Kartik Aryan was asked whether he has ever lied for any film. The actor revealed that he did it for Chandu Champion when director Kabir Khan asked him if he knew how to swim. “I had already read the script and I liked it very much. So when Kabir sir asked me if I knew professional swimming, I lied and said that I did. In fact, I was just trying to save myself. That’s all I could do.”

Those who have seen the film would know that the actor swam in the film and did it just like a professional swimmer. Talking about it, he said that he had to train hard for one and a half years and joked, “One and a half minutes of lies cost me one and a half years.”

Not just swimming, the actor trained for every sport that one sees him playing in Chandu Champion. Kartik Aaryan admitted, “Chandu Champion is a film that the entire team has lived. This is the story of Murlikant Petkar SirWho is India’s first Paralympic gold medal winner. For every game I play in the film, I have trained professionally for almost two years. I learned swimming professionally and in the final stage, I had to learn to swim without using my legs. I did it too riot For the first time.”

She further added, “Kabir sir wanted to show everything as close to reality as possible. So, I had to learn everything. I also had a single-digit fat percentage, which was almost unrealistic.”

The actor celebrated the completion of the film by sharing sweets with Kabir Khan. It is called Rasmalai. Aryan also talked about the memorable moment, which was captured in a video and shared on his Instagram, and said, “I became addicted to sugar after eating Rasmalai. I had not eaten sugar for two years “I didn’t even like the taste of it.” I never thought I would be able to give up food or sugar, because I am a foodie and now I eat something sweet after every meal.

Chandu Champion did not perform well at the box office upon release.The film faced competition from Munjya, which possibly affected its box office performance. The release of Prabhas’s ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ a week later could have affected the earnings of Chandu Champion. Later it streamed on Prime Video, after which it received love. The film also stars Vijay Raaz and Rajpal Yadav in lead roles.