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 Tamil superstar R. Madhavan first shed six kilograms to look compatible on screen with Shruti Haasan, and now he is required to undergo a physical meltdown to fit the bill in Raj Kumar Hirani's Three Idiots. Madhavan, who has temporarily shifted base to Mumbai to seriously pursue a career in Hindi movies, has taken off for two weeks to Ashford in Britain to work on his physique. "My sister lives in Ashford and there're very good health clinics here. Whenever I need to change around my metabolism or rework my physique for a role, I head for Ashford. And at the moment I'm re-working my physique to look like a student," Madhavan told IANS on phone. Apparently, Hirani has asked all his three leading men - Aamir Khan , Sharman Joshi and Madhavan - to "look like IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) students." The interpretation of that instruction has been left to the individual actors. "Aamir will lose some of that aggressively muscular look that he has acquired for Ghajini. He needs to look leaner and more athletic, as he did in Dil Chahta Hai. Playing a student at 40-plus won't be difficult for Aamir. He has done so in Rang De Basanti with great success. Sharman doesn't need to lose any weight. He looks completely in character. Madhavan needs to look more toned," said a source close to the project. A time frame has been set for each of the actors to get into shape to suit their characters. "It's not about looking thinner or younger. All three of us need to look convincing as IIT students. How we choose to do so has been left to us," said 38-year-old Madhavan. He returns in two weeks to resume the shooting of Teen Patti, which was suspended when his co-star Amitabh Bachchan fell ill. "It was scary how suddenly he was taken ill. We really don't care about the delay. All we want is for Amitji to be perfectly all right again," Madhavan said. Related StoriesMadhavan-to-shed-kilos-for-Kamal-Haasans-daughter  Tamil superstar R. Madhavan needs to shed six kilograms to look compatible on screen with Shruti, Tamil entertainment heavyweight Kamal Haasan's daughter, who is set to make her debut with the star. Madhavan and Shruti will team up for Marathi director Nishikant Kamat's yet to be titled romantic-thriller. Madhavan said: "Until the contract was signed, we were not allowed to announce Shruti's name. It's a love story set in a strong thriller format. I had gone to Britain and lost over 10 kg last y more Ashs-Loss-is-Chopras-Gain!  Glamour queen Aishwarya Rai has been through thick and thin with Bollywood — weight wise that is. Her directors, not satisfied with having Bollywood's leading lady in their films, have made her lose weight, gain weight and lose it again for successive films. Most recently Rai was asked to shed a few pounds for her role in the film Dhoom 2, which is being shot in Namibia. So, Rai's personal trainer Deepika is busy leading Ash through a two-hour workout starting at 0400 hours IST every morning, a nation more Aamir-Khan-says-3-Idiots-very-different-from-Chetan-Bhagat’s-novel  Rajkumar Hirani’s next, 3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sharman Joshi and Madhavan cannot entirely called a book adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s best selling novel, Five Point Someone. During the Ghajini teaser launch at a suburban Mumbai multiplex we interacted with Aamir Khan. When we asked Aamir whether he was playing Ryan’s character from Bhagat’s novel in 3 Idiots, he replied, “Well, Raju (Hirani) has only taken the basic plot line of Chetan’s novel. The film does begin just like the novel more John-loses-16-kgs-for-Nagesh-Kukunoors-Aashayein  By doing films like No Smoking and Taxi No 9211, Bollywood actor John Abraham has certainly made it very clear that he's not in Bollywood to run around trees and vroom his way to the number one spot. The actor has now gone a step further by losing around 16 kgs of weight for Nagesh Kukunoor's Aashayein. In the film John plays, Rahul Sharma, a compulsive gambler, who on his bet of his life loses everything and goes through a very rough patch emotionally. Which is why Nagesh wanted John to s more Sneha-sheds-weight  These days Sneha has become very serious about her film career, especially after the winning of the Nandi award. She was the centre of attraction at director Selvaraghavan's marriage with Sonia Agarwal. It is surprising that she was looked little slim by shedding excessive weight and is quite beautiful and attractive than the earlier days. Sneha claims that she is a vegetarian and her regular yoga practice made her slim and lose weight. It is learnt that she is going to play an important role in Selva's new Tamil flick, w more Hiranis-Film-Called-Three-Idiots  It's finally on. RajKumar Hirani's proposed film, based on Chetan Bhagat's book, Five Point Someone is finally set to roll. The working title decided for the film is Three Idiots. After much speculation, Hirani has finally managed to get his cast together. It's official now. Hirani has signed Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, Madhavan, Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor for his film. It will be remembered that Hirani went through many hitches before he could finally sign on his current cast of players. Initially Shah Rukh Kh more Prakash-Raj-wants-to-lose-weight  Noted character actor and villain Prakash Raj is a much in demand artist both in Tollywood as well as Kollywood. He has put on a lot of weight in recent times and he wants to slim down. Prakash Raj feels that in order to bag role she needs to be fit and active. He is likely to go in for liposuction at a corporate hospital in Hyderabad. &n more -Ameer-Khans-‘3-Idiots’-arriving-soon  He is well known as Mr. Perfectionist in Bollywood. He is hero Ameer Khan, who made several experiments in his films. Probably, except Kamal Hassan in south, no other hero in Indian film industry ever had such diversified films. Ameer Khan’s Sarparosh, Lagan, Taare Jamee par, and by latest film ‘Gajini’ reveals his rich taste as an actor. Nowadays, people from Tollywood start talking about his diversity and his courage to do such films. Now, his latest movie ‘3 Idiots’ is being made based upon the novel ‘Five point somethi more Priyankas-fighting-a-losing-battle  Priyanka Chopra is fighting the battle of bulge these these days. The actress has beencast in Madhur Bhandarkar's next fashion and need to shed at least 8 kilograms to look like a real model. She weighed about 54 kg when she signed the film and only managed to lose 4 kg till date. Considering that Priyanka’s co-stars in the film – Kangana Ranaut and Mugdha Godse – are so thin Priyanka has been told to get in shape to not look odd with her co-stars. So the actress has been working out re more Sada-in-love- Sada made her debut in the film Jayam. She later went on to act in many films both in Telugu as well as Tamil. She has also acted in a couple of films with Madhavan. The rumour mills from Kodambakkam say that there is something brewing between Sada and Madhavan. The two have been romantically linked. Some say that they are madly in love. Bur Sada denies all this. She sys that she is jut a good friend of Madhavan. She also says that Madhavan is married and that he is a perfect gentleman. Now when has marriage come in the way for people to have a fling on the sly? &n more |
