arely done with the promotions for Inside Edge 2, Angad Bedi has reported to the shoot of his next, ALTBalaji's MumBhai. The crime drama, set in the '90s, traces the unlikely friendship between an encounter specialist and a gangster. As he shares his first look – replete with a moustache and a bulky frame – from the show, it is easy to gauge that Bedi's cop act is inspired by Daya Nayak.

The actor remains mum on his inspiration, instead veering the conversation to how the Akshay Chaubey-directed series will transport the audience back to the gritty days of the '90s when encounter shootouts were a regular feature in daily news. "The show has a '90s vibe to it. We are trying to bring back the alpha male. Back in the day, Sanjay [Dutt] sir owned the space along with Jaggu dada [Jackie Shroff] and Anil [Kapoor] sir," he says.

The past few months have seen the creative team hard at work as they fine-tuned the script of the crime drama and zeroed in on the on-screen avatars of Bedi and co-star Sikander Kher, who portrays an underworld don. "We consciously wanted to model my character on real people of the Mumbai police force. My character had to look like one of them," he explains, adding that he has altered his workout regimen to attain a heavy frame for the part. "I am beefing up for the role. Encounter specialists don't have six-pack abs, so that's not the look I am aiming for. I will make dietary changes and create a specialised regimen which will help me attain a bigger frame. I have been an athlete since my childhood, so I usually go about charting out my own regimen."