Kartik Aaryan to play kickboxing champion Tajamul Islam s coach in Kabir Khan s next

Kabir Khan s film which is gone into shooting this month, is a biopic on the life of sports personality Tajamul Islam. Kartik Aaryan will play her coach.

Tajamul is a Kashmiri who has created new records in kickboxing. She is the world's youngest kickboxing champion, who won a sub-junior world championship at the age of 7.

Kartik s association with this historic endeavour gives it the commercial heft that it requires to reach a wide audience.

Kartik instantly agreed to be part of the film when Kabir Khan told him it is a film on Tajamul Islam. At this juncture of his career Kartik wants to be part of cinema that offers more than only entertainment, a source close to the actor revealed.