Actor Surya is getting ready for the release of his next venture ‘Vaaranam Aayiram directed by Gautham Menon. One of the requirements of the script where his screen age spans 17 to 65 years, was a well toned physique. Stickler for perfection that he is, Surya got into the act and began working out for 8 months under the strict supervision of a skilled trainer, Alkhas. The result is a Surya with lean, muscular body and a six pack.
Surya told media that he got certain tips from Amir khan as they had developed friendship for sake of Bollywood Gazini Movie.
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With experience Salman has become more patient and diplomatic. He takes one question at a time and answers articulately. TWF Bollywood correspondent caught up with the actor who now entertains millions of TV audience as the host of a game show “Dus ka Dum” on Sony.
Weren’t films enough?
Nothing but only the format attracted me. I never decide things, it just happened. I thought the format was interesting, easy and would appeal to many.
Interesting…
Yes, it is easy for the contestants. Dus Ka Dum has an easy format and for this the contestants need not be extraordinarily educated or intelligent. This game show does not embarrass the contestants if they fail.
So you are comfortable hosting this show?
Oh certainly. It also does not require the host to be very intelligent. I think they got the right person to host this show. (Winks)
Is that confidence?
See, I might not be the best host but I don’t think anyone else could have done this job better. I will do pretty much the same thing…acting and I know that is the only thing I can do to my best ability.
After Amitabh Bachchan and SRK you are hosting a show. Does that mean competition?
No way…please… You can’t compare three individuals. We all have different styles. And I feel it’s very unfair to compare me with Amitabh Bachchan…someone who did films like Sholay and Deewar.
And what about SRK giving you some handy tips on hosting this show?(He...he…he…pauses…ha...ha…ha….) How could that even come to your mind? Why will he give me tips? And why should I take tips from him?
Tell me how would you avoid the media attention now? You have always stayed away from limelight. You will be seen on television now.
See, I have changed a lot. I like answering things straight. So it won’t be a problem. Earlier I had said many things openly, which got lost in translation. But they never bothered me but these days I feel scared.
I get mails from my fans asking me aggressive questions…like… why did you do this…or did you do that. So I like being asked straight questions and prefer asking them straight.
I also get anxious these days because my parents are getting old. They start panicking along with me. Tell me who would like to see his parents in that state?
You have a lot of grievances against the media…
No it’s not that. I don’t blame everyone. It’s one or two people who always did this. I said something and they wrote something…
Tell me honestly…are you confident that this show will be a hit?
Yes I am. I know my fan following and I have left everything to them. They turned so many of my bad films into hits, so I am sure they will make this show a hit too.
What about the idea of calling SRK on the show and make him play with you?
I haven’t thought of it.
But he called you on KBC. Wasn’t that a great episode?
I think that was the best episode. I am sure no other episode of KBC was as popular as was the one where I was there. It was a brilliant episode and I enjoyed it. But I haven’t decided on calling Shah Rukh yet. I have my favourites like Sanjay Dutt whom I would love to have on this show.
And will you do more of television after this?No, that is something I am sure of. I want to get back into films- acting. I am an actor. Let me do my bit of acting in Bollywood (chuckles).
Tell me about your personal life?
What do you want to know?
Okay…when are you getting married?
Someday very soon…
Very soon?
Yes, it will happen as and when it happens but one thing is sure that I will get married. I also have my duties towards my parents. They are getting old and who doesn’t want to see his son or daughter get married. I will definitely marry because it’s a beautiful thing to happen.
Om Shanti Om has proved be a greater hit than Saawariya. The review that it has got is good and better than Saawariya but it has not turned out to be as it was expected. The movie’s total credit goes to Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika. A Farah Khan movie has lot of expectations but when she has Shah Rukh Khan she need not worry. After the first show of the movie, most of the people said that it was Shah Rukh Khan who made the movie a big hit. The major attraction of the movie was SRK with his six-pack which drew most of the crowd to choose between Saawariya and OSO.
SRK told CNN-IBN in an interview ‘So far I think people have really liked it and they are loving it. But I could be completely wrong. Though, normally I am not wrong. I have been a part of many good and successful films’ and isn’t he right? Most of the people are only talking about SRK. Well, so most of the credit goes to SRK.
At least 25 titles — including "Taj to Oberoi" and "Mission Taj" — have been registered with the Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association since the attacks that killed 164 people last month, Anil Nagrath, secretary of the Bollywood trade association, told The Associated Press. Many of the registered titles center around the luxury Oberoi hotel and the Taj Mahal, whose burning dome became of the symbol of the attacks — including "Taj 26," "Taj to Oberoi," "The Taj Encounter," "11/26 Operation Taj," "Mission Taj" and "Mission Oberoi." One proposed project is called "Nariman House" after the Jewish center where the attackers killed a rabbi and his wife, he said by telephone. The Taj, the Oberoi, Nariman House and Mumbai's main train station were among 10 sites in the commercial capital targeted by 10 suspected Islamic terrorists. Nagrath denied that Bollywood, as India's Hindi-language film industry is known, is capitalizing on a national tragedy. "Whenever there is a big happening like this, be it a cyclone, be it a hurricane, be it a bomb attack or a carnage like this, the journalists write articles, television stations make special programs, authors write books," he said. "In the same way, for the filmmaker, the only option is to make a script, and the process of making a script begins with a title." All the projects are still in early stages and are unlikely to be made soon because "the wounds are very raw," he said. Veteran director B. Subhash, who registered the titles "Taj Terror" and "Bird's Point of View Taj Terror," said he is working on his script and hasn't cast any actors or set a budget. "I can only say it is going to be very emotional," Subhash told the AP by telephone. Bollywood stars have responded cautiously to the Mumbai attacks, even though filmmakers were eager to draw audiences back to the theaters at a time when the industry was already hit by global economic woes. One of the industry's biggest stars, Shah Rukh Khan, went ahead with the release of his new comedy "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi," or "Match Made in Heaven," but was careful to strike the right tone, saying he hoped the film would provide relief from the recent events Aishwarya Rai made news when she picked up shades worth 10 Lakh rupees, Asin picked up shoes worth 2 lakhs and now Akshay Kumar has raised a lot of eyebrows when he decided to wear an Italian designer suit worth Rs. 5 lakh for his forthcoming film Kambakht Ishq. Aishwarya Rai made news when she picked up shades worth 10 Lakh rupees, Asin picked up shoes worth 2 lakhs and now Akshay Kumar has raised a lot of eyebrows when he decided to wear an Italian designer suit worth Rs. 5 lakh for his forthcoming film Kambakht Ishq. Aishwarya Rai made news when she picked up shades worth 10 Lakh rupees, Asin picked up shoes worth 2 lakhs and now Akshay Kumar has raised a lot of eyebrows when he decided to wear an Italian designer suit worth Rs. 5 lakh for his forthcoming film Kambakht Ishq.
In a surprising reversal of trend, Bollywood males did more skin show in films than their female counterparts in the year 2008.
Step aside all you sexy sirens. Your cleavages, midriffs and bouncy bums hardly make for titillating stuff on Bollywood celluloid anymore. Guys with rippling muscles, 6-pack abs and masculine butts have been in constant focus ever since the trail was blazed at the fag end of 2007 when Shahrukh Khan went shirtless for the first time in Om Shanti Om and Ranbir Kapoor did the towel dance and even exposed his bare butt to the camera in Saawariya .
2008 saw the bar of male nudity raised several notches higher by the likes of John Abraham , Akshay Kumar and Aamir Khan.
John, who is doubtlessly an object of fantasy among his female (and male) fans, set a new milestone by not just baring his enviable bust, but also giving a peek of his hipline by pulling down his trunks to the limits Censorship would allow in the Karan Johar production Dostana . The movie, a light-hearted spoof on gay relationships, made both its stars – John and Abhishek Bachchan – iconic figures among the gay community. It also became one of the reasons for John to be chosen as the Sexiest Asian Male by a UK-based daily.
The most surprising strip-down of the year, however, was from Akshay Kumar , the actor who doesn’t believe in pumping iron in gymnasium or using myoplexes or other chemical substances to build his body. For the first time in his career, Akshay surprised his fans by going shirtless and exposing his finely shaved chest to the flashing cameras as he posed seductively with a sexy siren at the launch of a denim jeans. One pose even had the naughty girl extending her hand from behind Akshay and unbuttoning his low-waist jeans. That the otherwise conservative Akshay indulged in something as steamy as this goes to show the acceptability male nudity has acquired in Indian society. A few years ago, it would have raised tempers. Today, it only raises the brows of Akshay’s female fans.
However, the most symbolic skin show of the year comes from Aamir Khan , who trained mercilessly for over a year to develop a beefcake that has left many people – including good friend Sachin Tendulkar – flummoxed. Aamir, who doesn’t do anything without reason, has willy-nilly sparked off a new style statement among youth with his by-now-famous Ghajini haircut, which – believe it or not – had to be banned in some colleges because too many students were copying it, and the unique hairdo became a distraction for the studious collegians. Meanwhile, Aamir’s well-sculpted bust has made him the new pin-up boy of Bollywood.
Besides these three prominent stars, year 2008 also saw glimpses of partial nudity from the likes of Sohail Khan and Vatsal Seth (in Heroes ) and Ranbir Kapoor (in Bachna Ae Haseeno ).
And year 2009 will see John raising the bar still higher in the upcoming Yashraj Film New York in which he has gone Full Monty and wore not a thread of cloth on his body for a scene that, sadly, evokes more shock than titillation.
Now, that’s a pity!Bollywood planning movies about Mumbai attacks
Salman Khan broke his silence over the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai and spoke for the first time about Islam and terrorism. He said Islam doesn’t teach terrorism and Muslims should rather follow Quran than extremists. In a television interview he said,
“Islam mein toh yeh hai hi nahin… ya toh aap in terrorists ki baat suniye ya phir jo Rasool Allah (Prophet Mohammed) ne jo baatein sikhayi hain hadeeson mein aur jo Quran mein likha hai usey follow karein”
Criticizing the government like all the Bollywood actors have done in the past two weeks, he said -
“Jab buses aur trainon mein blast ho te thay everyone was going on with their normal regular life… ab jo yeh period hai unko aisa lag raha hai ke hum kahin par bhi safe nahin hain… ab government unki baatein sunegi - the powerful people who do not feel safe anymore… they will now take a stand… aur yeh achi baat hai… lekin yeh agar baat pehle ho jaati toh yeh naubath hi nahin aati.”
Salman also disapproved of the blame game India and Pakistan are playing after the attacks. He believes -
“Itna terrorism Pakistan mein khud ho raha hai… Benazir Bhutto maari gayi, Parvez Musharraf par kitne saare attacks hue hain… Marriott blast kardiya gaya… so this is not in control of even Pakistan. Main wahan ke newspapers toh pardhta nahin lekin agar wahan pe aisi koi ghatna hoti hai toh kya woh log bolte hain ke hindustaniyon ne kiya”
Talking about the Ram Gopal Varma’s controversial visit to Taj, Salman says,
“Picture ka set dekhne ke liye agar gaye hain toh woh toh bohot hi gadbad hai. Lekin agar woh saath mein thay aur he was concerned ke yeh kya hogaya I cant imagine this, then its fine.”Akshay Kumar’s Italian Suit Worth 5 Lakhs
The movie produced by Sajid Nadiadwala has been already declared one of the biggest budget films. It stars Hollywood biggies like Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh Brandon Routh, and Carmen Electra along with apne desi Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor.
A source from the film’s crew reported, “Akshay was shooting for his introductory scene in the film. Shabina had sent nearly a dozen suits, each priced at approximately Rs 1.5 lakh. But Akshay didn’t like any suit. There was chaos with everybody wondering how to resolve the problem since Akshay was supposed to shoot for the particular scene in a few hours.”
That’s when Akshay and Sabir decided to go shopping. “The scene also has Kareena Kapoor. Kambakkht Ishq also stars a few prominent Hollywood actors. Akshay obviously wanted to look suave so he chose a suit, which was much more expensive than what Sajid had imagined. But Sajid is a magnanimous producer. He and Akshay are quite close. In fact, they went to the same school (Don Bosco, Matunga) where Akshay was one year junior to Sajid,” said our source.
A source close to Sajid, confirmed the story and said, “Yes. This did happen. Akshay didn’t wear any of the suits sent by Shabina. But that’s okay. Such things do happen during film shoots. Akshay chose a superb black suit with a hint of blue. It’s a unique piece.”
All good things come for a price… and Akshay Kumar is getting pricey as he gets good.
Salman Khan broke his silence over the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai and spoke for the first time about Islam and terrorism. He said Islam doesn’t teach terrorism and Muslims should rather follow Quran than extremists. In a television interview he said,
“Islam mein toh yeh hai hi nahin… ya toh aap in terrorists ki baat suniye ya phir jo Rasool Allah (Prophet Mohammed) ne jo baatein sikhayi hain hadeeson mein aur jo Quran mein likha hai usey follow karein”
Criticizing the government like all the Bollywood actors have done in the past two weeks, he said -
“Jab buses aur trainon mein blast ho te thay everyone was going on with their normal regular life… ab jo yeh period hai unko aisa lag raha hai ke hum kahin par bhi safe nahin hain… ab government unki baatein sunegi - the powerful people who do not feel safe anymore… they will now take a stand… aur yeh achi baat hai… lekin yeh agar baat pehle ho jaati toh yeh naubath hi nahin aati.”
Salman also disapproved of the blame game India and Pakistan are playing after the attacks. He believes -
“Itna terrorism Pakistan mein khud ho raha hai… Benazir Bhutto maari gayi, Parvez Musharraf par kitne saare attacks hue hain… Marriott blast kardiya gaya… so this is not in control of even Pakistan. Main wahan ke newspapers toh pardhta nahin lekin agar wahan pe aisi koi ghatna hoti hai toh kya woh log bolte hain ke hindustaniyon ne kiya”
Talking about the Ram Gopal Varma’s controversial visit to Taj, Salman says,
“Picture ka set dekhne ke liye agar gaye hain toh woh toh bohot hi gadbad hai. Lekin agar woh saath mein thay aur he was concerned ke yeh kya hogaya I cant imagine this, then its fine.”Akshay Kumar’s Italian Suit Worth 5 Lakhs
The movie produced by Sajid Nadiadwala has been already declared one of the biggest budget films. It stars Hollywood biggies like Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh Brandon Routh, and Carmen Electra along with apne desi Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor.
A source from the film’s crew reported, “Akshay was shooting for his introductory scene in the film. Shabina had sent nearly a dozen suits, each priced at approximately Rs 1.5 lakh. But Akshay didn’t like any suit. There was chaos with everybody wondering how to resolve the problem since Akshay was supposed to shoot for the particular scene in a few hours.”
That’s when Akshay and Sabir decided to go shopping. “The scene also has Kareena Kapoor. Kambakkht Ishq also stars a few prominent Hollywood actors. Akshay obviously wanted to look suave so he chose a suit, which was much more expensive than what Sajid had imagined. But Sajid is a magnanimous producer. He and Akshay are quite close. In fact, they went to the same school (Don Bosco, Matunga) where Akshay was one year junior to Sajid,” said our source.
A source close to Sajid, confirmed the story and said, “Yes. This did happen. Akshay didn’t wear any of the suits sent by Shabina. But that’s okay. Such things do happen during film shoots. Akshay chose a superb black suit with a hint of blue. It’s a unique piece.”
All good things come for a price… and Akshay Kumar is getting pricey as he gets good.
Salman Khan broke his silence over the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai and spoke for the first time about Islam and terrorism. He said Islam doesn’t teach terrorism and Muslims should rather follow Quran than extremists. In a television interview he said,
“Islam mein toh yeh hai hi nahin… ya toh aap in terrorists ki baat suniye ya phir jo Rasool Allah (Prophet Mohammed) ne jo baatein sikhayi hain hadeeson mein aur jo Quran mein likha hai usey follow karein”
Criticizing the government like all the Bollywood actors have done in the past two weeks, he said -
“Jab buses aur trainon mein blast ho te thay everyone was going on with their normal regular life… ab jo yeh period hai unko aisa lag raha hai ke hum kahin par bhi safe nahin hain… ab government unki baatein sunegi - the powerful people who do not feel safe anymore… they will now take a stand… aur yeh achi baat hai… lekin yeh agar baat pehle ho jaati toh yeh naubath hi nahin aati.”
Salman also disapproved of the blame game India and Pakistan are playing after the attacks. He believes -
“Itna terrorism Pakistan mein khud ho raha hai… Benazir Bhutto maari gayi, Parvez Musharraf par kitne saare attacks hue hain… Marriott blast kardiya gaya… so this is not in control of even Pakistan. Main wahan ke newspapers toh pardhta nahin lekin agar wahan pe aisi koi ghatna hoti hai toh kya woh log bolte hain ke hindustaniyon ne kiya”
Talking about the Ram Gopal Varma’s controversial visit to Taj, Salman says,
“Picture ka set dekhne ke liye agar gaye hain toh woh toh bohot hi gadbad hai. Lekin agar woh saath mein thay aur he was concerned ke yeh kya hogaya I cant imagine this, then its fine.”Akshay Kumar’s Italian Suit Worth 5 Lakhs
The movie produced by Sajid Nadiadwala has been already declared one of the biggest budget films. It stars Hollywood biggies like Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh Brandon Routh, and Carmen Electra along with apne desi Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor.
A source from the film’s crew reported, “Akshay was shooting for his introductory scene in the film. Shabina had sent nearly a dozen suits, each priced at approximately Rs 1.5 lakh. But Akshay didn’t like any suit. There was chaos with everybody wondering how to resolve the problem since Akshay was supposed to shoot for the particular scene in a few hours.”
That’s when Akshay and Sabir decided to go shopping. “The scene also has Kareena Kapoor. Kambakkht Ishq also stars a few prominent Hollywood actors. Akshay obviously wanted to look suave so he chose a suit, which was much more expensive than what Sajid had imagined. But Sajid is a magnanimous producer. He and Akshay are quite close. In fact, they went to the same school (Don Bosco, Matunga) where Akshay was one year junior to Sajid,” said our source.
A source close to Sajid, confirmed the story and said, “Yes. This did happen. Akshay didn’t wear any of the suits sent by Shabina. But that’s okay. Such things do happen during film shoots. Akshay chose a superb black suit with a hint of blue. It’s a unique piece.”
All good things come for a price… and Akshay Kumar is getting pricey as he gets good.http://i.indiafm.com/onthesets/08/yuvvraaj/still25.jpg
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