{"id":304445,"date":"2026-02-18T15:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/304445\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:33:09","slug":"babil-khan-muay-thai-training-babil-khan-undergoes-rigorous-muay-thai-training-ahead-of-action-drama-film-shooting-to-begin-in-may-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/304445\/","title":{"rendered":"Babil Khan Muay Thai Training: Babil Khan undergoes rigorous Muay Thai training ahead of action drama film, shooting to begin in May – Reports |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BabilBabil Khan is training in Muay Thai in Thailand for an upcoming action drama backed by a major studio. The shoot begins in May 2026. Previously, he starred in Qala, Friday Night Plan, and The Railway Men. Son of the late Irrfan Khan, Babil continues building his own cinematic journey. Babil Khan<\/a> is preparing for an upcoming action drama produced by a major studio. The actor has been undergoing intense Muay Thai training in Thailand, dedicating six days a week. In December, he shared a few clips from his training sessions in Thailand, fueling speculation that he\u2019s getting ready for an action-packed project.<\/p>\n

Babil Khan to start shooting in May<\/p>\n

According to Mid-day, the shoot is expected to kick off in May. That gives Khan months to physically train for the movie. Babil has been training six days a week. His regimen includes pad work, bag drills, clinch techniques, sparring, and strength conditioning. <\/p>\n

Late Irrfan Khan’s son Babil Khan reveals what made him say yes to ‘Friday Night Plan’<\/p>\n

Babil Khan\u2019s Muay Thai sessions in Thailand<\/p>\n

A source close to IANS shared: \u201cBabil spent time in Thailand through December and early January to train in Muay Thai in Thailand. He took various classes to learn the form of MMA that originates in Thailand. He\u2019s been prepping for this and it\u2019s for a project that is soon upcoming but requires him to do intense training for a project that goes on floors mid 2026. Given his new found love for the activity, it has naturally led to people connecting the dots. Some believing that this could be prep for an upcoming role\u201d.<\/p>\n

Babil Khan\u2019s journey in Bollywood so far<\/p>\n

He started his journey in films by working as a camera assistant on \u2018Qarib Qarib Single\u2019. Babil made his acting debut in 2022 with \u2018Qala\u2019, a psychological drama directed by Anvita Dutt, where he starred with Triptii Dimri. In 2023, he acted in \u2018Friday Night Plan\u2019 as Juhi Chawla<\/a>\u2019s son, Siddharth Menon<\/a>. He was also part of the web series \u2018The Railway Men\u2019, which told the story of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, along with Divyendu Sharma, Kay Kay Menon, and R. Madhavan.<\/p>\n

Babil Khan opens up about feeling isolated in the industry<\/p>\n

Babil, son of the late legendary actor Irrfan Khan, had once shared a video (which was later deleted) where he appeared emotional and teary-eyed, speaking about feeling isolated in the film industry. In that video, he mentioned several names, including Shanaya Kapoor, Ananya Panday, Arjun Kapoor, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Raghav Juyal, Adarsh Gourav, and even Arijit Singh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Babil Khan is training in Muay Thai in Thailand for an upcoming action drama backed by a major…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[119258,143640,321,93,61,60,110387,7254,143638,68041,143639],"class_list":["post-304445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-babil-khan","tag-babil-khan-muay-thai-training","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irrfan-khan","tag-juhi-chawla","tag-muay-thai-training","tag-shanaya-kapoor","tag-siddharth-menon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}