A leaner looking Emraan Hashmi for ‘Raaz’

Bhatt camp and Emraan Hashmi go hand in hand and after the success of ‘Jannat’ not that the Bhatts complain of this chemistry. The next much-hyped project from this camp with Emraan is ‘Raaz- The Mystery Continues’ produced under the banner of Vishesh Films and directed by young Mohit Suri.

Here, Emraan plays the role of an artist and the actor has gone to the extent of losing 10 kgs for the role. His lean look along with his spiked hair, an arty beard, kohled eyebrows, and junk jewellery have given a positive effect with a brand new promising look for the actor.

It was director Mohit Suri’s idea that Emraan should shed off some of that extra flab for the character and professional enough, Emraan crash dieted and completely cut off bread, pastries, cheese and any kind of junk food from his diet. He switched to sugar free desserts, from aata to nachni rotis and even minimized his salt intake. The results are there for all to see- he was 76 kgs and is now much leaner at 66 kgs.

Speaking about this effort Emraan says “It’s not so difficult, if you’re serious about it. And the results are the biggest motivator encouraging me to stick to the schedule. Along with the change in diet, I walk every day for an hour and drink lots of water. Also, I’ve begun having dinner 3 hours before I sleep, and whenever I have a day off, I go for a run before breakfast, because you supposedly burn more of fat that way. I saw the biggest difference in a week after cutting off bread from my diet.”

Emraan is happy with the results and plans to continue with this leaner look. He says, “I’ve got used to this discipline and am enjoying this new leaner feel.”

Hrithik Floored By Kangana’s Catwalk

Hrithik Roshan, who is currently working with Kangana Ranaut on their forthcoming movie Kites, is really floored by Kangana’s performance in Kites.“Kangana’s entry in Fashion with the catwalk was simply amazing. I was blown away and complimented her. I think she is so far the best model on the ramp. I have nicknamed her ‘catwalker’ for such an electrifying walk. She has done complete justice to her character,” he exclaimed. Hrithik’s film Kites is due release in the mid-2009, he plays a teacher in the film and Kangana is one of her students.

Rakhi Sawant Gets a Makeover

Rakhi Sawant has decided to spare us from her garish make-up now. She went for a makeover. She looks rather different now. People were wondering if she had a cosmetic surgery when she revealed,“I haven’t done any cosmetic surgery. It’s my new way of doing make-up. I attended a course in London which taught me how to do the right make-up. I have decided to go for the clean natural look as opposed to the heavy make-up I used to wear before. That’s why I am looking different.”

She is supposed to have learnt the new tricks of make-up while working for Shammi Kapoor’s son Aditya Raj Kapoor’s forthcoming film Baltidevi, in which she plays the lead role. Aditya had specifically chosen Rakhi for the lead role of his film, “I saw her on Koffee With Karan. I saw the appeal in her eyes. I fell for her the way all of India fell for her. I saw the emotion in her heart, which was begging to come out. I felt my script had similar feelings. So I went to her the next day and begged her to listen to my script.She read the script and by the fifth page, she had tears in her eyes. She said this was her story and then she hugged me.”“Baltidevi is a story of a young girl who is married in India and taken to South Hall, London. Her marital life has a rough beginning which culminates in a divorce. It is more of a rags to riches story where a woman, who doesn’t know English, survives in a foreign country by running a dhaba. She starts the concept of Balti chicken and becomes a super cook. She then starts a franchisee and very soon becomes an icon for South Hall by taking care of migrants, people with marital problems, the brokenhearted and so on,” Aditya added.

Wish she could take a few spoken English and pronounciation classes too. Looks like the make-up classes have done a lot good to her. Atleast she is bearable now.

Zayed Khan Slapped Anil Kapoor

Zayed Khan, who plays Anil Kapoor and Salman Khan’s younger brother in Subhash Ghai’s latest release Yuvraaj, has actually given Anil Kapoor a tight slap straight across his face. Fortunately, it was an act for the film. Subhash Ghai wanted Zayed to actually slap him so that it be more effective on screen. But the act of actually slapping Anil left Zayed embarassed.“I never imagined I would slap Anil Kapoor. For me, Anil is like an elder brother and is very experienced. On a personal level, I felt insulted for having slapped him. But that’s what acting is all about,” Zayed told IANS in an interview.“Actors do things ordinary people are not allowed to do sometimes. It’s the nature of the job,” he added.Poor guys… the effort didn’t pay off well.