If you thought that the Olympics was the last you’d seen of pugilist Akhil Kumar, try again. The Olympic medalist is now trying his luck with modeling through a music video. The Haryana lad will be seen romancing female model Ankeeta Mukherjee in a music video titled Tum vada to karte ho par poora kab karte ho from Asha Bhosle’s latest album Precious Platinum. The album comprises a total of eight songs and two videos have already been shot. “I was going through a rest period so I thought why not be part of this video. It wasn’t tough since I just had to be myself in the video. Boxing is much tougher than this,” remarks Kumar, who counts Jagjit Singh’s ghazals as his favourite music when he wants to unwind. “I like Ashaji but nowadays I am in the mood to listen to ghazals,” he smiles.

The video is conceptualised portraying Kumar as a dedicated boxer who does not have time for his girlfriend. So the girl tries every trick in the book to catch his attention. The two minute 40 second video features Kumar dressed in a red vest practicing his regular boxing training routine while the girl attempts to distract him. There is also a scene where he is painting something on a canvas and the girl splashes water on the painting. “I liked the concept of the video since I have to remain composed and that is what a boxer does even when there are several distractions,” he asserts.