After sweating it out in the gym with co-star John Abraham, the actor goes shirtless for his next.

Playing the cool and suave multifaceted Ranvir in his upcoming film Race 2, Saif Ali Khan sports a greek-god physique in the action thriller that’s scheduled to release January 25th this month.

Talking about the effort that went into his all-new look, the actor says, I’ve practically quit smoking and drinking and survived on a single piece of bread at times. If you are on a good diet, it makes you happier, you are so much more positive. You feel light and happy.

The actor also makes no qualms in admitting that co-star John Abraham inspired the team to sweat it out.Working with John had everyone running off to the gym. John was truly inspiring to work with and all of us were trying to get fit as quickly as possible . I also needed to match his physical attributes, because the two of us have a hand-to-hand combat in the film. Anil Kapoor, John and I spent a lot of time exercising together during the making of the film.

Produced by Tips, the action thriller Race 2, starring Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez, Anil Kapoor and Ameesha Patel is scheduled to release on January 25 this year.