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Luckily, this didn’t seem like a tough task given Ajay’s penchant for fitness and the fact that he already had a great physique. Fans of the actor can look forward to seeing him in a completely raw and desi action hero avatar in Singham . Ajay’s trainer Prashant Saawant had a major role to play in ensuring this. He trained with the actor for three months; helping him losing weight and making him more lean and muscular Trainer Prashant got Ajay to do a rigorous combination of weights and circuit super sets that incorporated all techniques including pushups and pull-ups. He also oversaw Ajay’s diet and made sure he maintained a high-protein low-carb diet to get that desired look Ajay Devgn has always sported a lean body in all his previous actions films. But for playing a cop in Singham he decided he needed to craft a more muscular body to suit some of the action sequences in...  more   In the film, Ajay plays a tough cop from a village on the Maharashtra-Goa bor...

Karachi, May 31: Flamboyant Pakistan all rounder Shahid Afridi has announced to quit international cricket in protest of his removal from the captaincy of the national one-day team and said he will not consider to return till the present board under the chairmanship of Ijaz Butt is in place. "The people have given me lot of respect and love and I don't want to waste that working with this board who don't know how to respect players," an angry Afridi said. In a scathing attack on the Pakistan cricket Board, Afridi, 31, described the current set of administrators as "disgraceful people". Afridi, who announced to quit international cricket to protest the board's decision of removing him as the captain of the one-day team, told Geo News channel that nothing is greater to him than his self-respect. The experienced all rounder said till the present board under the chairmanship of Butt is in place, he will not play international cricket. "I want to make...

Faridabad:   The crashed air ambulance was carrying 20-year-old student Rahul Raj, who was in a critical condition and was being shifted to Delhi's Apollo Hospital. A mission to save a life ended up in a huge tragedy and Rahul's family is now waiting for the post mortem to end. Rahul had recently gone into coma after suffering from jaundice for the past many weeks. When his condtion deteriorated further on Wednesday, doctors advised his family to get him airlifted to the Apollo Hospital. His family members flew in early and were waiting for him to arrive in Delhi when they got this news. "We were eating dinner when we got this news and ran to the hospital," said Rahul's uncle Mukesh Raj Along with Rahul, there was a six-member team from Apollo Hospital on board the aircraft, and all of them were killed in the crash. The other three who lost their lives were three women sleeping on this balcony where the crash took place. "My wife, daughter-in-law and daughte...

A Pakistani-American businessman who scouted out targets for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks has told a US court that he received training and guidance from Pakistani intelligence officials in the lead-up to the attacks in India's financial capital, which claimed the lives of more than 160 people. Testifying in the trial of a Chicago businessman accused of helping to plan the attacks, David Headley said that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) and the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) coordinated with each other. After pleading guilty last year to charges of being a co-conspirator in the attacks, which were carried out by LeT militants, he has taken the stand as a star witness in the case against Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistan-born Canadian citizen. His trial is being closely watched for what testimony might reveal about suspected links between LeT and the ISI, which has come under increased scrutiny since Osama bin Laden was killed by US special fo...

After playing a fairly gharelu Punjabi kudi in the madcap comedy Khichdi The Movie, Keerti Kulhari was compelled to get bold for her role in Bejoy Nambiar's Shaitan. In the Anurag Kashyap production, she plays Tanya, a girl next-door who's part of a wild group and is compelled to lose her inhibitions. Read on to find out how the lines between her reel and real life have blurred. Tell us about Tanya... She is the most sober in the gang of shaitans. How does she end up kissing another girl, Amy (played by Kalki)? Tanya doesn't want to kiss Amy. They're playing truth and dare. Amy is a cool girl who likes to try different things. It's her turn and she 'dares' to kiss me. How do you rate Kalki as a kisser? It was hardly a kiss. Is it the only time you have been kissed by a girl? (Laughs) Yes. And it will be the last time ever. Has any girl made a pass at you? Yes. In Standard 10, there was a girl in my badminton team. I think she had the hots for me. Though she...

Chennai, May 18: Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, who was admitted to the Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre on May 13 for recurrent respiratory infection and gastro-intestinal problems, was tonight shifted to the Intensive Care Unit.This has been done to improve his breathing pattern, a hospital press release said adding that the actor was showing positive response to treatment. A multi-disciplinary team of doctors is busy closely watching his vital parameters to assess benefits from multi-pronged treatment strategies, it said. Doctors said he was responding well to treatment.  Rajinikant, who suffered from viral fever and exhaustion recently, was admitted to SRMU at suburban Porur days after he was discharged from another hospital where he had been treated for allergic bronchitis and viral fever. He had suffered from exhaustion on April 29, the first day of the shoot of his new period film 'Rana' co-starring Deepika Padukone, which is being directed by K S Ravikumar. He was admitted...

Rumours are rife that south superstar Rajinikanth is suffering from liver sclerosis or cancer. His brother, however, says that the actor is diagnosed with lung and liver disorder due to his past chain smoking and drinking habit. Due to his ailment, Rajini's upcoming film with Deepika Padukone has been put on hold for now. Rajini's daughter and producer of Rana, Soundraya, told Mid Day, "Our top priority is my father's health. We are not even thinking of the film at this moment. We can reschedule plans once he recovers completely." RajiniDirector KS Ravikumar is depressed with the news about Rana being shelved at the moment, reportedly. Rumours were doing rounds that the actor is suffering from withdrawal symptoms after he had given up alcohol. However, his brother Gaikwad told that Rajini is suffering from lung and liver disorder. "As you know Rajini was a chain smoker and had a drinking habit. The doctors have identified some problems in his lungs ...