The Khans seem to have a thing for six-pack abs. After Salman Khan made a career out of taking off his shirt, Shah Rukh Khan made headlines when he showed off his body in Om Shanti Om. Now, it’s Aamir’s turn to bulk up for his forthcoming movie Ghajni. With his heavily muscled and tattooed body, the actor is sure to set another trend.
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“Most of them doctor their abs to make them look perfect before the camera. There’s a lot of colouring and contouring going on to make the abs look prominent on those midriffs. Very few actors have authentic six-abs. I do,” protests model turned actor Aryan Vaid. Once upon a time, and for a very long time at that, the American leading man had a square jaw, a glinty gaze and an imposing physique. But that has changed. The new generation of Hollywood's young leading men are soft of cheek, with limpid stares and wiry frames. Tobey Maguire, who began swinging across thousands of American movie screens this week as the title character in ''Spider-Man 2,'' is only one of a new crop of leading men who are remaking the central-casting image of what a male film star should look like. The new hero is less Tom Cruise, more Jake Gyllenhaal, less ''Top Gun,'' more ''Bubble Boy.'' Casting directors, agents and movie executives say that the shift has happened during the last decade as a generation of romantic and action heroes have passed into middle age, among them Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford and Kevin Costner. They have been replaced by young men who look and seem very different. There is the thoughtful, vegetarian Mr. Maguire, who turned 29 on Sunday, and the lanky Mr. Gyllenhaal, 23, a star in ''The Day After Tomorrow.'' Other new-model leading men include Orlando Bloom, a slim British actor who stars in ''Troy'' this summer and was recently cast as the lead warrior in ''Kingdom of Heaven,'' a Crusader epic directed by Ridley Scott; the baby-faced Leonardo DiCaprio, who rose to fame as the artistic stowaway in ''Titanic'' and has been cast as Alexander the Great in a movie being developed by the director Baz Luhrmann; and the brooding Ryan Gosling, the romantic lead of ''The Notebook,'' which opened on Friday. While there is always demand for Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, who are both over 40, Hollywood is an entertainment machine that is constantly hungry for new talent. When it comes to younger actors, studio chiefs and casting directors have begun to recognize that the traditionally masculine star has grown hard to come by. ''They are always looking for the macho man, but they are pulling from this other group, who are strong but more overtly sensitive and more emotionally available, because that's what there is right now,'' said Debra Zane, a leading casting director who has worked on films like ''American Beauty'' and ''The Terminal.'' ''There's always the desire for the sort of Russell Crowe types, which is to say a man's man,'' she added. ''They're always in demand. And in short supply. And why is that? I don't know why.'' These days Mr. Crowe, an Australian, seems to top the list of actors when studio executives cast about for big-screen virility. The others who make this shortlist also tend not to be American. ''When we want a tough guy, we go to Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Colin Farrell,'' observed Jim Gianopulos, a co-chairman of Fox. Mr. Jackman, this summer's vampire killer in ''Van Helsing,'' is Australian; Mr. Farrell, soon to star in another Alexander the Great film -- this one directed by Oliver Stone -- is Irish. ''Whether it's coincidental or otherwise, one thing that is apparent is there aren't as many macho-driven stars from here as there are from other parts of the world,'' Mr. Gianopulos said. The new crop of pure action stars, like Vin Diesel and the Rock, have drifted into niche movies; Mr. Diesel's would-be summer blockbuster, ''The Chronicles of Riddick,'' has been a bust. Some say the evolving style of the Hollywood leading man may reflect a more feminized American society, the rise of the metrosexual male and the absence, until recently, of war and true hardship in the last two decades of American life. Hollywood veterans draw a contrast with the generation of actors who came out of the Depression or wartime, when hardship could be read in the faces of stars like Humphrey Bogart and, later, Steve McQueen. ''We have a lot of pretty guys running around with six-pack abs, but they lack authenticity and credibility,'' said Robert Newman, a leading agent at International Creative Management. ''In the 1950's a lot of men had been in the war; some of them became actors. They lived hard lives. There was a weight that came out of it.'' He added, ''When Steve McQueen took his shirt off, he's thin, he's not ripped. There's a hardness and danger about him because of who he was.'' To most movie fans worldwide, Vatsal Seth came out of nowhere in 2004, bouncing from his debut film Tarzan-The Wonder Car to a brief appearance in Nanhe Jaisalmer, then snatching a lead role in Samir Karnik’s biggest film Heroes which releases on October 24. Yet to the Indian audiences, Vatsal was already a well known face. Having been the face of many television commercials over the previous decade, and the famous sitcom ‘Just Mohabbat’, he’d become a household name. But Sheth’s career must surely bring hope to all aspiring screen actors. Seldom has someone of such low cinematic standing and of such little experience climbed so fast in the Bollywood firmament. Devansh Patel, Bollywood Hungama’s London correspondent, gets hold of the young hero and finds out about his biggest film yet, his experiences of shooting in Ladakh, his fussy eating habits, his respect for Salman Khan, Mithunda’s special treat to him, Preity Zinta’s non stop talking, his six pack abs and why he thinks that Heroes will rise this Diwali. Over to the nanhe nawab!
Until a few years ago, our Bollywood actors didn't really find it necessary to stay in shape and flaunt well-toned & chiseled bodies. Couple of decades back, Sanjay Dutt and Sunny Deol started the trend of actors displaying their physique on screen. However, it was only after the arrival of Salman Khan that every young actor, wannabe models & actors started hitting the gym with a vengeance. However, the older lot of actors who were in their 40's still didn't find it mandatory to flaunt their bare bodies on screen. All this changed when Shah Rukh Khan decided to give the young actors a run for their money by working out and flaunting his six-pack in the ''Dard-e-Disco'' track in 'Om Shanti Om'. Soon six-pack became the buzzword and every actor (young or old) has been hitting the gym (some to stay in shape while others to flaunt their torso on screen).
We bring you the best of bare-chested Bollywood hunks.
Salman Khan
It would not be fair to start this gallery with any other actor except Salman Khan. After all, he is the one who started it nearly two decades ago. Even in his first few films like 'Baaghi', 'Suryavanshi' and 'Nishchay', this gawky looking teenager didn't mind flaunting his body( though he wasn't really muscular and beefed-up then).Post that films like 'Veergati' and 'Judwaa' saw the emergence of the new and muscular Salman. However, the turning point in his chest-flaunting career was the ''Oh Oh Jaane Jaana'' song in 'Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya', which took the nation by storm and marked the arrival of Bollywood's first bare-chested hunk. Post that, it became usual for Sallu to drop his shirt in every other film. The trend has not stopped and even his upcoming release 'Hello' features Salman going bare-chested and shouting ''Bang Bang Bang''.
Shah Rukh is known to be a fighter. How else do you explain someone who is above 40 years going all out and acquiring 6 pack abs at his son's behest? While many thought it was quite a Herculean task, SRK proved them wrong and as soon as the first promos of the ''Dard-e-Disco'' song were unveiled, Bollywood had found its middle-aged bare-chested hunk. Girls couldn't get enough of seeing their favorite superstar in this new toned avatar and soon every actor worth his salt was seen flocking to the nearest gym. 'Om Shanti Om' turned out to be one of the biggest blockbusters and ''Dard-e-Disco'' & SRK's 6-pack abs surely had a major contribution to that.
Saif Ali Khan
When he started out with films like 'Aashiq Awara' and 'Parampara', many slotted Saif Ali Khan as the chocolate boy romantic hero. In fact, not many would have even believed that within a matter of few years, he would go on to become one of the leading hunks of tinsel town. After a string of flops, Saif's career was going nowhere till 'Dil Chahta Hai' happened and the rest as they say is history. Soon, from being cute Saif was termed as uber cool. However Saif sprung yet another surprise when he went bare-chested in the title track of 'Salaam Namaste' .Suddenly from being cute to being cool, Saif was now considered HOT. The 'Chhote Nawab' worked out even harder and films like 'Race' and 'Tashan' have seen him flaunting his chiseled body even as the girls in the audience go gaga. This boy has surely grown into a Man or should we say Hunk.
Hrithik Roshan
The new millennium gave us a new star - Hrithik Roshan. With a launch pad like 'Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai', Hrithik couldn't have asked for more. He was appreciated for his looks, his acting, his dancing, and even his amazing physique. The next few films like 'Fiza', 'Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage' saw a beefed up Hrithik flaunting his biceps and chest muscles to the maximum. He even went bare-chested in the Rajshri dud 'Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon' but didn't find too many takers. However with changing times, Duggu too went in for the well-toned and chiseled look and when the first look of 'Dhoom 2' was unveiled, all eyes were fixed only on Hrithik flaunting his picture perfect 6-pack abs. This actor had surely arrived as one of the hottest Bollywood hunks in a real big way. Even recently in the period drama 'Jodhaa Akbar', Hrithik flaunted his physique in that stupendous fight sequence with a violent elephant. At the end of it, even the poor elephant fell for his charm.
John Abraham
People often say, "Models cant act". However, one thing which most models have, is a well-toned and chiseled body. John Abraham was no exception. This former Grasim Mr. India winner made a sensational debut with 'Jism' opposite Bipasha Basu. In his first film itself, John displayed his torso with élan and had the girls drooling over his physique. John kept working on his acting and physique simultaneously and the results were there for all to see. Like Salman Khan, most of John's films like 'Paap', 'Elaan', 'Garam Masala', 'Zinda' featured him in a bare-chested shot. His recent release 'No Smoking' may not have found many takers but who can forget that scene in which John coolly stands bare-chested in front of a mirror and lights up a cigar. However, the talk of the town is the physique that the hunk has acquired for his forthcoming film 'Dostana'. The first promos showed a beefed up, bare-chested John emerging out of the beach and you cant help but notice the chiseled V-shaped torso and those picture-perfect abs. This hunk surely has been an inspiration for many young guys to hit the gym.
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar has always believed in sporting a lean and mean look rather than a muscular look. What's more, the actor himself has gone on record saying that its sports like running and martial arts that he follows to keep fit, rather than hitting the gym and lifting weights. The fact that he doesn't have a really beefed up built like some of his contemporaries, has not deterred Akki from dropping his shirt. In fact, in his first few films like 'Saugandh' and 'Khiladi', Akki has given bare-chested shots. He was quite thin then. By the time 'Main Khiladi Tu Anadi' released, Akshay had a decent athletic frame and girls immediately took a liking to this handsome looking hunk. In recent times, his 'Dil Samandar' song along with John in 'Garam Masala' surely sent the temperatures soaring and even in his forthcoming film 'Blue', we may get to see a bare-chested Akki doing some dare devil underwater stunts. A few weeks back, Akki set the ramp on fire as he displayed his chiseled torso while modeling for Levi's 501 brand of jeans. Must say looking hot and sexy is surely in Akshay's genes.
Ranbir Kapoor
Many actors seem to have certain inhibitions about dropping their shirt and going bare-chested. However new kid on the block Ranbir Kapoor didn't have any hesitation in not just going bare-chested but even dropping his towel in his debut film 'Saawariya'. In spite of the famous towel dropping shot facing the brunt of the censors, Ranbir with his boy-next door looks, six-pack abs became the latest pin-up boy in Bollywood. The Kapoor dude even repeated his bare-chested act in his latest flick 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' as he serenades lady love Deepika Padukone to the soulful tunes of 'Khuda Jaane'. This young lad indeed has it all - Good looks, amazing acting talent and of course a lean and chiseled physique.
While the docs suggest that acquiring the six pack abs without a proper trainer is not healthy, we still wish to see more hotties flaunting their sexy body.
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