Akshay Kumar still hasn’t thrown any tantrums

Akshay Kumar is a true professional. For his role in Nikhil Advani’s Patiala House, Akshay has to wear clothes borrowed by three shop owners in Southall, London and he still hasn’t thrown any tantrums.

The character Akshay plays in the film is of a Punjabi boy who is running a corner store in Southall and helping his father. Since Nikhil wanted all the characters in Patiala House to look authentic, he went to a lot of corner stores in Southall and then finally decided on three men who resemble Akshay’s height and build. He spoke to them and got them to lend a few clothes to Akshay for the film. Nikhil confirmed the news.

Patiala House also stars Anushka Sharma and Dimple Kapadia with Rishi Kapoor. Most of the film will be shot in Southall and it is set to release in Diwali next year.

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Akshay Kumar has deadly stunts done in ‘Blue’

Akshay Kumar was part of ‘Bigg Boss’ last year when he shared the stage with ex-flame Shilpa Shetty to announce the winner. This time, he is taking a step further and will be entering the ‘Bigg Boss ’ house.

The actor will enter the locked house on Friday and will apparently spend half a day with the inmates. The Khiladi Kumar will mark his entry with ishtyle. According to sources, on Friday, “the actor will arrive on a chopper, provided by the Blue producers, Shree Ashtavinayak, and will drop into the house from the sky.”

Akshay also has a friend on the show, Vindoo Dara Singh who played his sidekick in the film Kambakkht Ishq. He will interact with the housemates and will talk about the deadly stunts he has done in ‘Blue’, because that’s the purpose of Akshay’s visit to the show - to promote the movie.

After coming out he will talk to the host and will reveal how he felt about being locked up and being under camera scrutiny. The episode will air this Saturday.

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Akshay Kumar Played villain Role In Blue

Along with Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar is sitting pretty in the Top-5 bracket of leading men that we have in Bollywood today. And now the actor, who would soon be seen in Blue, is wondering if he wants to play the role of a hero for the rest of his life. After working in 100 odd movies and playing the role of a hero for more than 90% of his outings, he is now looking at exploring newer challenges. One such challenge is Blue where he proudly proclaims that he is playing the role of a villain.

"Yes,Sanjay Dutt is the hero of the film and I am the villain. Period", Akshay Kumar sets the record straight here when questioned about the two hero theory surrounding the film.

Is he being diplomatic? "No, not at all", he says with a straight face, "I could have easily said that Blue is a film about two heroes but how can I say that when it is not the fact. The subject itself is such that there has to be a hero and a villain in the film. I fill in the slot of the latter."

In his last outing as an out and out villain, Abbas-Mustan directed Ajnabee [2001], he got quite some accolades coming his way. Now he is expected to repeat a similar feat. "Yes, in Ajnabee Bobby Deol was the hero and I was the villain. I even got a Filmfare award for my performance. It was nice to receive a trophy for playing a villain’s role rather than a hero. Then again in Khakee, it was Bachchan saab who was the hero. I had a small part to play in the film, that of a corrupt cop. But I found it interesting and did it", Akshay goes down the memory lane here.

Ever since then, Akshay Kumar has looked at experimenting with his role and played quite a few characters that had grey shades to them. Whether it is Bewafa or his recent release 8X10 Tasveer, he has tried to experiment with his roles and performances.

He also has another special reason for declaring his part in Anthony D’Souza directed Blue as a villain. "I guess it brings certain inquisitiveness amongst the audience when we say that the film has a hero and a villain. It brings in a different kind of excitement", reasons Akshay, "It makes not just audiences look forward to what the film is all about but even an actor. See, for last two odd decades, I have done around 100 odd films and played a hero in most of them. I am tired of playing a hero’s role. I want to do something new and ’Blue’ gives me that platform."

Akshay Kumar Another point of discussion surrounding the film has been an alleged cold war between him and Sanjay Dutt that has been on for more than a decade. Since the shooting of Blue commenced (around a year back), there were talks about tension between Sanjay Dutt and Akshay Kumar. While it continued to keep the tabloids happy, it also resulted in some precious time being lost for the actors to justify to the entire world that all was well.

Does he wish to comment on the ’issue’? "I guess we all - and by that I mean people attached to the film as well as the members of the media - have wasted quite some time in all the speculations and rumours. I have already stated that things are absolutely normal between Sanjay Dutt and me. Still people out there seem to be so interested in knowing of there is trouble brewing between us. I wish to state for once and for all that we are good together", he comments.

Also starring Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta and Zayed Khan along with Katrina Kaif and Kylie Minogue, Blue, which is produced by Dhillin Mehta and has music by A.R. Rahman, would be seeing a massive worldwide release on 16th October.

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BLUE match with international standards of film making

In a few days from now, BLUE would be there for everyone to see. Touted to be India’s first underwater film which would actually go on to match international standards of film making, BLUE promises to bring with it some never seen before visuals and stunts. Considering the fact that Akshay Kumar, the antagonist of the film, has been known for breaking the barriers when it comes to action flicks, what was his reaction when Anthony D’Souza a.k.a. Tony first came to him with the idea of BLUE?

’’The first thing I did was watch straight into his eyes and ask him - ’Do you actually think you are capable enough of making a film of this scale, genre and setting? You may say that you want to shoot the film in space or on the moon but kehna alag hai aur karna alag! So how will you actually shoot the film?’ - reveals Akshay.
As things turned out, Tony had done his homework well in advance and showed some of his work from the past which included certain advertisements he had directed as well as some groundwork on BLUE.

’’Honestly, it all led me to at least started lending an ear to him’’, confesses Akshay, ’’I became further and further immersed into knowing how he was going to execute BLUE. After all there were also going to be extreme stunts in it and that too under water. Then Tony also showed me the work of the DOP. He is the same guy who has also shot PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN. He even made me talk to him and once I did that, I was quite satisfied that at least Tony had his heart in the right place and he had done his homework well.’’

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Akshay Kumar knows extremely wary of socializing and partying

The last thing you expect Akshay Kumar to is to be the life and breath of a party. He shocked his friends by being a lot more at the wrap-up party of Housefull in London on August 25.

Everyone who knows Akshay Kumar knows he’s extremely wary of socializing and partying. At least that’s how he used to be. Even at his own party for Kambhakkt Ishq two months ago Akshay let his friends have fun. He stood in a corner smiling with a glass of juice in his hand.

The juice hasn’t changed. Akshay still remains a teetolar. But the man who would stand with a frozen smile on his face at parties has turned into quite an outgoing party animal in London thanks to Arjun Rampal . The two were shooting together for Housefull.

And Arjun would try to drag Akshay to pubs and clubs almost every night.

Says a source, “Arjun really brought the partying side of Akshay out in the open. They would go out for a boys’ night whenever their respective families were not in London.”

In fact the two pals planned to visit Arjun’s close friend Shah Rukh Khan.

Says the source, “Akshay and Arjun’s hotel was quite close to Shah Rukh’s new home in Hyde Park. And they planned to visit Shah Rukh. But before they could do so, Shah Rukh returned to Mumbai.”

Arjun too left London. But left Akshay and his new demonstrative fun side behind.

Last week the unit of Sajid Nadiadwala’s Housefull saw a side to Akshay Kumar at the wrap-up party at the Cumberland Hotel that they had never seen before.

Akshay actually took the floor and belted out Jee karda from Singh Is Kinng at the party.

The gathering was shell-shocked. Akshay is not one to attend parties least of all sing and dance at them. Even at his own parties Akshay likes to keep a very low profile.

Says a guest at the party, “It was most unexpected. First Riteish Deshmukh and Akshay took to the floors singing and dancing to a song called I am a loser from Housefull. And then when the deejay started playing Jee karda Akshay took the mike and sang and danced to it.”

The one person who’s the happiest about the new fun -filled festive outgoing Akshay is his wife Twinkle. For years she has been complaing about how staid he tends to be in crowds.

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Bollywood superstar, Akshay Kumar celebrating the Independence Day - 'Brits'

Bollywood superstar, Akshay Kumar, has once again proved he is the ’’hit machine’’ but this time on the cricket pitch with his latest sporting skills.

Akshay, who is currently shooting for his next film, HOUSEFULL, in London with a half British and half Indian crew, celebrated India’s Independence Day with a friendly cricket match between the Indian and British film crew members.

Leading his Indian team to victory, Akshay commented, ’’The Brits loved it and now want a rematch - just for a laugh. But it is moments like this when I realize how far we have all come now. There are some people who will always think that there are deep rooted hard feelings towards the Brits, but really there aren’t any at all! If anything, there are more Indians over here in England now than there were British in India.’’

’’For me, it’s not about divide and rule, or ’’ am free now, therefore I can do and act how the hell I want’. No, I feel free because I can cycle down the road in the very same country that ruled us once, with the wind in my hair and a smile on my face and not have a care in the world. That’s freedom to me!’’

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I’ve learnt so much from Akshay-Kareena Kapoor

Despite of the recent flops Akshay Kumar continues to find support and words of praise from his oft repeated co-stars Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, who have not lost confidence in one of their “favourite co-stars”. One of the highest paid actors in tinsel town, Akshay gave two big-budget flops this year with “Chandni Chowk To China” and “8X10 Tasveer”.

Akshay is going to again test the box-office waters with debut director Sabbir Khan’s “Kambakkht Ishq” releasing July 3 and his co-star in the movie Kareena says she has not lost confidence in him. “Akshay is one of my favourite co-stars and it’s (’Kambakkht Ishq’ ) one of his best till date. He’s got all the ingredients to make a super film,” Kareena recently told reporters here.

Katrina who has starred with the actor in movies like “Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye” and back-to-back hits like “Namastey London”, “Welcome” and “Singh Is Kinng” is also all praise for the actor. “I’ve learnt so much from Akshay and I learn so much from him about films every time we are on the sets. He knows so much about cinema. His career has really taken a great turn with the time he’s spent in the industry,” Katrina told.

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Akshay Kumar To write Book Named ‘Who framed Akshay Kumar’

Finally Akshay Kumar has joined the bandwagon of elite stars who blog to connect with their fans. Here’s what Akki has to say to his fans in his latest entry:

Hey Everyone… It’s me the new Robin Hood of India, I rob from the rich (producers) and give to the poor (my staff), Hehe!! I’m kidding, seriously, it’s comments like these that get me in trouble ;o)…

So did you guys read about my ever so exciting capture by the police, and my wife’s surrender story over my ‘Unbuttoning incident’… My life sounds like a scene out of C.S.I Miami right now I swear, this year is definitely going down in the book of ‘Who framed Akshay Kumar’…

The STORY goes something like, I land back in Bombay and within seconds I’ve had our famous press calling up and reporting that I’ve been captured by the police after running away coz of my supposedly “obscene Levi’s ramp walk”, and my wife has apparently surrendered herself out of fear for her husbands captivity.

Listen I understand journalists need to sell their papers but guys you can’t make a fool out of your readers, that story was worse than a ‘C’ grade drama serial...

When all that really happened was I came back and drove to the Police station myself, signed some papers, joined my hands, wished them all a pleasant day and went home to my family, it was as boring as that… But instead I’ve been made to feel like the Bad Boy criminal of Bombay for the first time in my life...

Now I just need to get a pair of green tights find a bow and arrow, change my name to Robin Hood and I’ll officially be the loved outlaw…

Haha and do you know what I later found out, the guy that placed this ridiculous complaint against me, has actually filed numerous other pointless case’s against other celebrities also. Well I hope he’s happy and has enjoyed his fair share of desperate attention, was it really worth it man…

Now with all that nonsense behind, I want to talk to you about something very serious.

Some of you may already know but one of Bollywood’s  best make-up artists has just been through a spine chilling horrific experience, I don’t want to delve into it too much out of pure respect for her. But her ordeal should be a wake up call for all of us.

Bless her, she was tortured so badly, I was choked up so much when I heard what had happened to her, the whole industry should be thankful she is still here with us now. This brave lady has literally faced death in front of her very eyes, and she is such a wonderful woman, so nice, she’d never hurt anyone.

See, life’s not safe, it’s not fair, it’s scary and unpredictable. People of India please start being more careful, if I read one more rape or murder case in out city I think I’ll cry..

Why can’t Mumbai adopt something from Singapore! The crime rate is so incredibly low there, and it’s only because of the “Death Sentence”. It’s given for a lot of severe crimes, no joke, people are even too scared to spit on the street there for fear of being arrested…

Now I can’t change the law, but I can advise all of you, especially the women of India to please learn self defence, murderers don’t train to become killers, they just get up and commit sinful acts, but you yourselves can train to kill if necessary if you are ever faced with such vicious humans…

Dear God I’m not saying carry a gun, I just think you should all know how to defend yourselves and run before it’s too late and your loved ones are having to explain to your children or your partner that you suffered coz you didn’t know how to fight back…

I didn’t learn martial arts to be some famous dude, I trained because the discipline was something I didn’t want to live life without… Tonight please think about how you’re going to protect yourselves and your family, take care, and live life like you care about it…

Love and Prayers to all of you

Akshay…

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Akshay Kumar decided to take a completely different approach

Though Akshay Kumar seems to have taken a backseat after a hat-trick of flops and the very recent “obscene” turn of events but his former actress wife Twinkle Khanna it seems has decided to take a completely different approach to tackle the difficulties and face the outcry if there is any.

We are seeing her being a regular to her Bandra store, “The White Window’ almost every day now. She is nowadays often seen sitting on the patio with her guests sipping on coffee and chatting up with them.

Now till just few weeks back Twinkle was always a reluctant visitor to her own store and could hardly be seen making a visit leave alone sitting outside by the fear of getting mobbed.

Also it also seems that the turn of events have given her a new perspective on life and friendships as she’s trying to mend her bridges with long lost friends and the main amongst them being Bobby Deol’s wife, Tanya.

Both being interior designers, were once upon a time very close friends as were their hubbies. They had in fact even collaborated on several projects together. Tanya even stocked her designs at Twinkle’s store till the time they had acrimonious fallout.

No one really knew what had happened but the things soured between the two, and their acrimony affected their husband’s relationships too.

But now Twinkle decided to make peace and sent her version of olive branch to Tanya in the form of some of her latest designs she wanted Mrs. Deol to look at and give a feedback on.

Tanya was pleasantly surprised by the gesture and called Twinkle promptly. Not sure she loved those designs but the two have certainly made up.

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‘Roshan’, has now been named as ‘Vaada Raha’

Samir Karnik’s next directorial venture (after the mutli-starrer ‘Heroes’) is all set for release but with a different name though. The film, which was earlier titled ‘Roshan’, has now been named as ‘Vaada Raha’. This family-oriented film stars Bobby Deol as a doctor, Kangana Ranaut , Atul Agnihotri and Dwij Yadav.

Samir confirmed the news saying, “Yes the film is now called Vaada Raha. The name change is a decision taken by the makers Eros International who thought Vaada Raha would be a better title. They plan to release the film sometime in May provided the strike and other issues are taken care of.”

Samir is at present busy scripting his next big venture ‘Formula No.44’.

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Akshay Kumar preparing to make a hero for his son Aarav

Akshay Kumar’s already preparing to make a hero/ action star out of his 6 year and a half year old son Aarav.

Now we know how Action Kumar’s a stunt freak and all that. But what’s with imposing his ways on he child?


We wish he has only concentrated on stunts on his son and not just pulling off stunts etc on the ramp and create controversy.

But the good thing is that maniac Akki is not only imposing stunts on Sonny dearest. He’s only making him play football.

It’s another matter that he’s actually teaching him some mean moves on the field

The buzz is that Akki doesn’t want Aarav to be crazy about computer games and gadgets like other star kids and prefers outdoor sports like football for him.

He likes him scores goals on the field and not on videogames.

In fact he himself takes time out to play with Aarav.

He’s said, “Videogames confine kids to the house and don’t give scope for physical and mental growth.”

Ummm…like father, like son. That seems to be Akki’s mantra these days.

SLUMDOG and KAMBAKKHT ISHQ will carry on its legacy

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE has hit the right tune and the jackpot. It won lot of awards this year all round. Now it's the turn of KAMBAKKHT ISHQ, and it has already hit the right tune with its first look which was aired in theater on Friday. People really liked the trailer and have fallen in love with the movie.

Sajid Nadiadwala has a love for making film and this time he has gone all out and is making the biggest Bollywood film ever. The stars include Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh, Denise Richards, Aftab Shivdasani and Amrita Arora Ladak. The movie is extensively shot in Universal Studio and Kodak Theater.

Sajid Nadiadwala made the movie with an intention of bridging the gap between Hollywood and Bollywood. He has used quite a lot of Hollywood stars, Stunt mans and hi-tech gadgets for the movie. Source close to Sajid Nadiadwala adds, ''SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE did all Indians Proud and KAMBAKKHT ISHQ will carry on its legacy.''

Day 4 of Lakme Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2009

Day 4 of Lakme Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2009 saw Bollywood biggies like Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar walk down the ramp. Where SRK showcased the outfit of designer Manish Malhotra in black and gold, the color of his IPL team, Akshay set the ramp afire in a black muscle sleeve Levi’s Tee and washed denim jeans. The show divided into four parts featured denim as it has never been seen before created into mind-boggling styles by India’s top couturier Tarun Tahiliani.



Though there is no denying that the brand ambassador of Levis and the sexiest Indian male star Akshay Kumar stole the show by his attitude, controversies set in when he asked his wife, Twinkle Khanna, to unbutton his jeans. Do you feel that it was indecent on Akshay’s part to do so? Share your comments with us…..

Akshay Kumar hurt himself badly on while working

Akshay Kumar hurt himself badly on while working out at his personal gym at his bungalow in Karjat. Akshay was doing pull-ups on the bar when the rod broke. He injured his hand and hurt his back.

When Vipul Shah heard about it, he rushed to the house and panicked. He was shocked at the bleeding and insisted on cancelling the shoot but Akshay told him to finish the day’s shoot.”

The source adds that Akshay came back to Mumbai in the evening and was back in Karjat on Thursday to resume shooting. “He was treated right there and then in Mumbai. Now he’s able to move around as he resumed shooting from yesterday.”

Vipul Shah confirms Akshay’s accident and says, “While working out, one of the rods broke and Akshay had a bad fall. His elbow got cut badly and was bleeding profusely so I wanted to pack up immediately but Akshay wanted to carry on and he did. He didn’t take any medicines during the shoot.”