Abhimanyu’s ‘Mard’ creates buzz at Tiff

Actor Abhimanyu Dassani was the shining star at his upcoming film Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’s (Men Feel No Pain) presentation at the Midnight Madness segment of the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) .

In the fantasy thriller, he plays a man who is born without the ability to feel pain and who aims to test the idea of masculinity by taking on 100 opponents in martial arts.

“I had six kilo more weight while doing the film than I have today. Before the film, I trained for eight months for six hours every day in martial arts, yoga, swimming, stick fighting and meditation,” the actor said before the film’s screening on Friday night.

“I also spent three months in isolation before the shooting because my character Surya doesn’t speak to anyone. It helped me a lot,” the 28-year-old actor added. —