Actor Pankaj Tripathi doesn’t believe in working out to show off. For him, it’s all about staying fit. Tripathi says that he has become fitness conscious and has even built a home gym.

“Main bahut conscious hoon fitness ko lekar. And more so in the past two years, for two reasons. Firstly, I am above 45. Secondly, I had an injury and there were some complications,” reveals the Mimi actor, who further adds that he does “cardio at home” but quickly clarifies, “Par sab fitness ke liye, six ya eight-pack abs banane ke liye nahin.”

Although finding time to exercise is tough for Tripathi, he makes sure that he gets on with it after pack-up. “I don’t work out every day. I dedicate three days to yoga and two days to gymming. I walk as much as I can, ranging from 45 minutes to an hour, as it depends on the shooting. Kisi dubbing ke beech-beech mein kar leta hoon,” he laughs, adding, “Now, advertisements have also gotten added to my schedule, so it is tough to manage everything.”

Interestingly, the award-winning actor shares that he hasn’t yet been asked by any director in the past to undergo any physical transformation or even in present times where he plays a cricket coach in the upcoming 1983 cricket World Cup biopic, ’83.

“Aisa kabhi nahin hua, aur na aisa karna pada kisi film mein mujhe. I haven’t got any role where the director said, ‘Mota ho ja ya patla ho ja’. I play a coach in ’83, I have a different look in it. Body type and weight had nothing to do with that, but it’s only to do with the craft of acting,” he concludes.