Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 11 (ANI): Superstar <keyword id="19901647" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Salman-Khan" source="keywords">Salman Khan</keyword> never misses a chance to make <keyword id="20481267" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Eid" source="keywords">Eid</keyword> special for his fans. This Eid-ul-Fitr, he has announced his new film '<keyword id="21269802" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sikandar" source="keywords">Sikandar</keyword>', set to be directed by <keyword id="20259931" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="AR-Murugadoss" source="keywords">AR Murugadoss</keyword>. Revealing the film's title on Instagram, Salman wrote,"Iss Eid 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan' aur 'Maidaan' ko dekho aur agli Eid Sikandar se aa kar Milo (Watch Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Maidaan on this Eid, next Eid, meet Sikandar). Wish u all Eid Mubarak!" Backed by <keyword id="27326" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sajid-Nadiadwala" source="Orion">Sajid Nadiadwala</keyword> and helmed by Murugadoss, the movie will be released in theatres on <keyword id="20931972" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="eid-2025" source="Orion">Eid 2025</keyword>. AR Murugadoss made his Hindi debut with 'Ghajini', which crossed Rs 100 crore at the box office. He also helmed Akshay Kumar's film, 'Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty'. For years Salman has been coming up with films on Eid. The first film of the actor to release on Eid was back in 1997 with Judwaa and since then he has been making sure to entertain his fans on Eid with his films. His movies like Dabangg, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Sultan, Bharat and Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan were released on the occasion of Eid. Eid is undoubtedly synonymous with a Salman Khan film release. This year he broke the pattern, but made sure to make his fans' Eid special with the film announcement. Salman was last seen in the thriller film 'Tiger 3', which performed well at the box office. Helmed by Maneesh Sharma, the film also starred Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi in the lead roles. <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="14"></blockquote>

Salman Khan announces his new film 'Sikandar' on Eid; To be directed by AR Murugadoss

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 Setting the cash counters ringing at the box office, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/3rd-of-its-day-1-box-office-collections-from-bookmyshow/articleshow/56155827.cms">Aamir Khan’s</a> latest wrestling biopic <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/dangal-review-heres-what-bollywoods-celebrities-tweeted-about-aamir-khans-film/articleshow/56138637.cms">Dangal</a> has grossed an impressive Rs 106.95 crore in its first weekend. Trade analyst <keyword id="107593" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Taran-Adarsh">Taran Adarsh</keyword> tweeted the movie’s latest box-office figures, labeling the film’s India business ‘outstanding’. 
 
 
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		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dangal?src=hash">#Dangal</a> Fri 29.78 cr, Sat 34.82 cr, Sun 42.35 cr. Total: ₹ 106.95 cr [incl Tamil and Telugu]. India biz. FANTABULOUS!
	— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) <a href="https://twitter.com/taran_adarsh/status/813265874668789760">December 26, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> While <keyword id="6358210" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dangal">Dangal</keyword> has already become one of the top earning films of 2016, it is <keyword id="6355923" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Aamir-Khan">Aamir Khan</keyword>’s fifth entrant to the famed Rs 100 crore club in <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword>. His earlier films which earned over Rs 100 crores include <keyword id="17231" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ghajini">Ghajini</keyword>, <keyword id="6373971" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="3-idiots">3 Idiots</keyword>, <keyword id="24705" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dhoom-3">Dhoom 3</keyword> and P.K. Interestingly, Aamir Khan was the one who heralded this coveted Rs 100 crore club with his 2008 hit Ghajini. 
 
 
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		Aamir Khan and ₹ 100 cr Club... 
		1. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ghajini?src=hash">#Ghajini</a> - 2008 
		2. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/3Idiots?src=hash">#3Idiots</a> - 2009 
		3. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dhoom3?src=hash">#Dhoom3</a> - 2013 
		4. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PK?src=hash">#PK</a> - 2014 
		5. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dangal?src=hash">#Dangal</a> - 2016 
		India biz.
	— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) <a href="https://twitter.com/taran_adarsh/status/813266442216869888">December 26, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> This feat also ensured that Dangal is now second only to <keyword id="1671" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shah-Rukh-Khan">Shah Rukh Khan</keyword>’s 2014 film Happy New Year in a day’s collections. Happy New Year which released on October 24, 2014, raked in Rs 44.97 crore on its opening day. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/aamir-khans-dangal-opens-to-packed-houses-earns-over-rs-30-crores-on-day-1/articleshow/56152363.cms">With a first day collection of Rs 29.78 crore, Dangal </a>also has the second highest opening day collection of this year after Salman Khan's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/bi-year-ender-here-are-2016s-top-grossing-bollywood-movies/articleshow/56116526.cms">Sultan</a>.

Aamir Khan's Dangal wrestles its way to the box office; earns Rs 106.95 crores in three days

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/40577288.cms" /> Gone are the days when an actor’s job ended with acting in a film. Today, our <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> stars are leaving no stone unturned to promote their films ensuring a blockbuster opening to the film. From turning into a barber to making jalebis they are doing it all to hog eye balls and make their film a hit. Here’ a look at some of the recent and upcoming movie promotional plans... 
 
1. Talking standee (PK) Known for planning unique promotional activities for his movies, <keyword id="6355923" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Aamir-Khan">Aamir Khan</keyword> is gearing up for his next release, PK This time around, the actor is going to talking posters do the trick. So, next time if you here Aamir Khan’s voice in a theatre, it might be the star talking out of a PK poster! 
 
2. Road Shows (Happy New Year) 
When it comes to promoting movies, the three Khans know how to pull all stops. Trust SRK to go the extra mile. The actor has asked all his HNY co-stars to keep themselves free during the months of September and October as he has planned the biggest Bollywood extravaganza – SLAM! The Tour. The 25-30 shows could add almost Rs200 to the kitty of the film even before the release. 
 
3. Public trailer launch (Kick) After the debacle that <keyword id="6593120" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Jai-Ho">Jai Ho</keyword> was, an all ‘Kick’ed up Salman planned a grand trailer launch for his next release. The trailer of kick was launched at a single screen theatre in Mumbai amid thousand of his plans. 
 
4. Aamir the hair dresser (<keyword id="17231" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Ghajini">Ghajini</keyword>) 
For the promotion of Ghajini, Aamir Khan stepped into the shoes of a hair dresser and gave many of his fans the unique hair style that he sported in the film. 
 
5. Sex Survey (Udaan) 
It was for his directorial venture Udaan that director Anurag Kashyap conducted a sex survey. Using over 1000 respondents, his team found out that one in five teens have watched porn before the age of 13, one in five teens have got intimate in the school/college. These statistics were used on the posters and promos of the film. 
 
6. Real dead body (Agyaat) 
The makers of Agyaat took the promotions of their spooky movie to the next level by hanging a dummy of a human dead body on the hoardings of the film. The blood oozing out of the dummy’s sight was such an eerie sight that the onlookers complained the police and got them removed. 
 
7. John the Love Guru (Jhoota Hi Sahi) 
To promote his movie, Jhoota Hi Sahi, John became a Love Guru for fifteen days. A number was published on the hoardings and John’s fans could actually call him in case they needed any advice about their love life. 
(Image: Twitter accounts of PK, Happy New Year and Kick)

Movie Promotions In Bollywood Get Wacky!

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/36357217.cms" />Now that the poll fever has waned and the <keyword id="6354312" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="IPL">IPL</keyword> is done with, <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> is back with a bang as the biggest entertainer of all. The first Friday of June has already witnessed a <keyword id="18564" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="blockbuster">blockbuster</keyword> in the making as Akshay Kumar-Sonakshi Sinha-starrer Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty has raked in the crores in the first four days and is fast nearing the Rs 50 crore mark. 
 The power-packed <keyword id="582722" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="action-thriller">action thriller</keyword>, written and directed by <keyword id="39359" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="a-r-murugadoss">A.R. Murugadoss</keyword> (he made his Hindi debut with Aamir Khan-starrer <keyword id="17231" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ghajini">Ghajini</keyword>), netted Rs 41.32 crore at the <keyword id="827271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Domestic-Box-Office">domestic box office</keyword> after the first three days (trade figure stands at 40.23 crore) while first Monday collections amounted to Rs 8.02 crore, as per <keyword id="6356809" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="producer">producer</keyword> figure. The film also had a decent collection abroad during the debut weekend, grossing around Rs 10.61 crore. Holiday was released in more than 41 countries and has already surpassed the lifetime collections of <keyword id="1020628" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Ragini-MMS-2">Ragini MMS 2</keyword> (Rs 47 crore) and Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Bhoothnath Returns (Rs 39 crore). 
 
Holiday netted Rs 12.18 crore on the opening Friday, making it the fourth highest opening day grosser of 2014, behind <keyword id="6354583" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Salman-Khan">Salman Khan</keyword>’s <keyword id="6593120" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jai-Ho">Jai Ho</keyword> (Rs 17.55 crore), Ranveer Singh-Arjun Kapoor starrer Gunday (Rs 16.12 crore) and <keyword id="114453" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Arjun-Kapoor">Arjun Kapoor</keyword>’s 2 States (Rs 12.42 crore). The movie also witnessed the third highest opening weekend of the current year – behind Jai Ho (Rs 58.07 crore) and Gunday (Rs 40.26 crore). 
 Other two releases of the week include <keyword id="1598621" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Nitin-Kakkar">Nitin Kakkar</keyword>’s critically acclaimed movie <keyword id="1600793" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Filmistaan">Filmistaan</keyword> and <keyword id="2151778" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Nisha-Pahuja">Nisha Pahuja</keyword>’s award-winning documentary <keyword id="2109617" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="The-World-Before-Her">The World Before Her</keyword>. In spite of good reviews, Filmistaan fared poorly due to lack of promotion and star value, netting Rs 3.19 crore at home after Day IV. However, the movie netted better on first Monday, earning around Rs 54 lakh, compared to Rs 51 lakh on the opening Friday. We don’t have the numbers yet for Pahuja’s documentary. 
 
Coming back to <keyword id="2113212" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Holiday-A-Soldier-Is-Never-Off-Duty">Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty</keyword>, the Akshay-Sonakshi starrer has many a surprise in store, thanks to the twists and turns of a complex plot that interweaves some slick action and offbeat romance with serious issues like brutal terrorism and deep-rooted corruption. This one is a remake of the <keyword id="2317374" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Tamil-action-thriller">Tamil action thriller</keyword> <keyword id="916764" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Thuppakki">Thuppakki</keyword> (starring Vijay and <keyword id="38180" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Kajal-Aggarwal">Kajal Aggarwal</keyword>) that won both critical acclaim and <keyword id="1996041" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Box-office-success">box office success</keyword>. The Hindi remake is equally enthralling, if not more, and Akki (<keyword id="2317380" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Captain-Virat-Bakshy">Captain Virat Bakshy</keyword>) rules the flick till the end. While the soldier on leave springs into action to save Mumbai from the clutches of the terrorists, his lady love <keyword id="1579477" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Saiba">Saiba</keyword> (<keyword id="62210" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sonakshi-Sinha">Sonakshi Sinha</keyword>) turns out to be a <keyword id="340167" type="POSITION" weightage="100" keywordseo="professional-boxer">professional boxer</keyword> and not the traditional Indian girl he has assumed her to be. Overall, an enjoyable movie in spite of some logical fault lines in the story. 
 
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In sharp contrast, Nitin Kakkar’s directorial debut Filmistaan once again harks back to the untold realities of <keyword id="136188" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indo-Pak-relations">Indo-Pak relations</keyword>, seen through the eyes of <keyword id="609" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sunny">Sunny</keyword> (<keyword id="1600789" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sharib-Hashmi">Sharib Hashmi</keyword>), a <keyword id="2317356" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="small-time-actor-turned-documentary-director">small-time-actor-turned-documentary-director</keyword>. His <keyword id="6374782" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="journey">journey</keyword> through ‘enemy’ territory and the days spent there in captivity gradually unveil the human and cultural bonding that never fails to exist in spite of the political divide. 
 
Finally, we come to Nisha Pahuja’s The World Before Her – a 90-minute documentary that follows the contrasting lifestyles of two <keyword id="624" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Women">women</keyword> in search of empowerment. And in doing so, Pahuja reveals some disturbing questions that are bound to haunt today’s women. As <keyword id="210839" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Critic">critic</keyword> Shubhra Gupta so rightly points out: There are not just two Indias... There are many more. What choices do the girls who live in those other Indias have? Do they have any at all? 
 
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Box Office: Akki’s Holiday A Blockbuster; Filmistaan Falters In Spite Of
Accolades

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/27534286.cms" /> Reports suggest that the much-awaited instalment of the <keyword id="1959" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="80" keywordseo="Dhoom">Dhoom</keyword> Series, <keyword id="24705" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="40" keywordseo="Dhoom-3">Dhoom 3</keyword>, will be released on December 20, 2013. It has been touted as one of the most anticipated releases of the year, made with a whopping budget of Rs 150 crore. Before we get to the perfectionist Khan, let us look at the Dhoom Franchise. The first movie titled Dhoom was released way back in 2004 and was directed by Sanjay Gadhvi. As per <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> Hungama, the movie did a business of Rs 15,93,49,638 (total gross business) and was considered a hit. 
 In 2006, the <keyword id="36603" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Yash-Raj-Films">Yash Raj Films</keyword> banner came out with the sequel of the movie, starring <keyword id="6354563" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Hrithik-Roshan">Hrithik Roshan</keyword> as the antagonist. This movie did a phenomenal business at the box office and raked in Rs 40,30,53,277 (total gross business). 
 
Dhoom is perhaps the only movie series in India where the villain plays a far more significant role. He personifies style, is shamelessly wicked and yet manages to create a place in the hearts of the audience. Hrithik Roshan and <keyword id="6354967" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="John-Abraham">John Abraham</keyword> both have great looks and chiselled bodies, and people were awestruck to see them perform the kind of stunts that they pulled off in these movies. 
 
Now that Aamir is planning to step in their shoes, it is expected that he will take things even a step further and this is where the problem lies. All through the promos, we see Aamir trying out great bike stunts and even trying to do trapezes. Although Aamir has tried hard to build his body, learn acrobatics and has gone through a rigorous tap dance training as well, he does not essentially have the physique to carry out these things. The character of a villain that a Dhoom series demands does not suit Aamir’s physique and we are not just talking about his age or the six-pack abs here – we are referring to the full package. 
 
It is too early to comment about his hanging-on-the-ropes kind of stunts, but his tap dancing (in the promos) does look a bit forced! Nevertheless, we do salute the kind of effort that the Khan boy has put into learning all these skills. 
 Also <keyword id="6355923" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Aamir-Khan">Aamir Khan</keyword> belongs to a generation of actors where either the male <keyword id="18935" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="40" keywordseo="heroes">heroes</keyword> are larger than life or chocolaty lover boys. Aamir, with his innocent looks, started his career as a chocolate lover boy and was well accepted in movies like Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. He has also played the tough guy in movies like Sarforsh and more recently in Ghulam and <keyword id="17231" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Ghajini">Ghajini</keyword>, but in all of these, he has always been the good guy. 
 So the major issue that Aamir will face is to break away from that stereotype and try to get into the shoes of the ‘mean guy.’ While he has to be the one that is causing all the trouble for Jai (the tough cop played by <keyword id="499" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="abhishek-bachchan">Abhishek Bachchan</keyword>) and Ali (played by <keyword id="36115" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="uday-chopra">Uday Chopra</keyword>), he must be appealing in his new avatar to win over the audience. 
 
Apart from the Dhoom series, we have also seen <keyword id="4546" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Shah-Rukh">Shah Rukh</keyword> bring in similar shades in his modern avatar of Don and later in <keyword id="6456475" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="40" keywordseo="don-2">Don 2</keyword>. At this stage, we are not convinced that Aamir will be able to bring that kind of touch to Dhoom 3. 
 
Moving over to the business part, Dhoom 3 must make at least Rs 300 crore at the box office to make a mark for itself. After all, the production cost of the movie is very high and it is releasing during the winter break when no other big releases are lined up. 
 
In recent times, we have seen Krrish 3 manage to bring that kind of magic at the box office. 
 
The TV rights of the movie have been reportedly sold for a whopping Rs 75 crore and a lot of cinema halls have hiked the ticked prices for this movie. 
 
At a time when most movies are promoted heavily by the stars who riotuously visit the shopping malls and appear at various reality shows, Aamir has consciously stayed away from the conventional route. We will have to wait for a few more days to find out whether Aamir’s idea to stay away from direct interaction with the crowd and TV shows have paid off or not. However, from the leaked storyline and the current promos, we feel that Dhoom 3 does not have much to offer and it will only boil down to the last-minute chase. 
 
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Has Aamir Khan Overdone Himself In Dhoom 3?

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Last month when <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=aamir+khan&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Aamir Khan</a> shared a picture on social media that showed the <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> perfectionist holding dumbbells, it immediately took the internet by storm. People were finding it hard to believe how a 51-year-old managed to attain such an unbelievably jacked-up physique. 
 
This was the actor’s look for his upcoming movie, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=dangal&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Dangal</a>, in which he essays the role of Indian wrestler Mahaveer Phogat. 
 
Granted, this is not the first time that Khan has undergone a physical makeover for a movie- the actor had gotten eight-pack abs for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=ghajini&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Ghajini</a> back in 2008, but anyone who has seen the picture will tell you- this is certainly Khan’s most jaw-dropping transformation till date. 
 
The biggest question on everyone’s minds was naturally unanimous- How did Khan do it? 
 For starters, Khan worked with <keyword id="1743648" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ryan-Fernando">Ryan Fernando</keyword>, an award winning celebrity sports nutritionist whose clients include two-times <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=olympics&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Olympics</a> medalist wrestler <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=sushil+kumar&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Sushil Kumar</a>, cricketers <keyword id="6405247" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Robin-Uthappa">Robin Uthappa</keyword>, <keyword id="17805" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shikhar-Dhawan">Shikhar Dhawan</keyword> and <keyword id="368" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Harbhajan-Singh">Harbhajan Singh</keyword> among others. 
 
To help Khan attain a professional wrestler-like physique, Fernando introduced the actor to nutrigenomics- the scientific study of the interaction of nutrition and genies. 
 
You'll be surprised to know the ampunt of science involved behind this insane look. 
 
<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/53435760.cms" /> 
 With the help of <keyword id="2402524" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="nutrigenomics">nutrigenomics</keyword>, it is possible to analyse the reaction of our bodies to a lack of something or the excess of something in our body and the result it will bring about. 
 
India has only five laboratories in the country that undertake sequencing of the DNA and even then testing all genes- about 20,000-25,000 of them can be a rather expensive affair. 
 “To test something as simple as whether you are allergic to gluten it is as low as Rs 5,000, but if you want to do the whole gamut like <keyword id="6355923" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Aamir-Khan">Aamir Khan</keyword> did, it will cost you closer to about Rs 1 lakh, which would analyse everything related to food and nutrition,” revealed Fernando in an interview with Factordaily. 
 
As for Khan, the test resulted in him having to balance out his anti-oxidants. It showed that he should be avoiding refined carbohydrates as it may result in his cholesterol and triglycerides going up- all because there is a certain gene that might not be working well. 
 
Khan had to undergo rigorous workout sessions to gain 93 kgs from a weight of 68 kgs in six months- for his role of the ageing wrestler during the first phase of Dangal’s shoots. Later, he also had a weight loss target of 25 kgs before he could begin shooting for the next phase. 
 
Image credit: Indiatimes

Meet Ryan Fernando, the celebrity sports nutritionist behind Aamir Khan's 'Dangal' body

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Off lately, the trend of copying, or as they like to call it, officially remaking South Indian movies in Hindi has started picking up. This happens mainly because of the wider reach of Hindi as a language and because of the celebrity status of the actors of the Hindi film industry as compared to the actors from the southern parts of the country. 
 
While everyone knows that movies like Wanted, Ready, Bodyguard, and Rowdy Rathore are scene-to-scene remade from respective South Indian movies, we list other blockbusters and popular ‘remakes’ that minted crores at the box office. 
 
1. Son Of Sardaar (2012) 
The so-called laughter riot, this movie starring Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt was the Hindi remake of a 2010 Telugu movie, called Maryada Ramanna, which was directed by Baahubali fame S. S. Rajamouli and starred Sunil and Nagineedu. 
 
2. Singham (2011) 
The movie that brought Ajay Devgn back into action genre and became one of the highest grossing movies of 2011 was a remake of Singam, which starred Suriya and Anushka Shetty and came out in 2010. Both movies were co-produced by Reliance Entertainment. Singam was also remade in Kannada as Kempe Gowda, and in Bengali as Shotru. 
 
3. Ghajini (2008) 
The Aamir Khan starrer was the first Hindi film to earn Rs 100 crores at the box office, but the success can’t be attributed solely to the crew of the Hindi movie, because of the fact that it was a remake of a Tamil film of the same name, which came out in 2005. Interestingly, the female lead of both the films were portrayed by Asin Thottumkal and were also directed by the same person, A. R. Murugadoss. The Tamil film itself is inspired from Memento, an English film by Christopher Nolan. 
 
4. Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) 
The psychological comedy horror movie is the official Hindi remake of Manichitrathazhu, a 1993 Malayalam movie starring Mohanlal. The 1993 original was also remade in Kannada as Apthamitra, in Tamil and Telugu as Chandramukhi, and in Bengali as Rajmohol. 
 
5. Kyon Ki (2005) 
The Priyadarshan movie that had Salman Khan playing a mental patient was a remake of a 1986 movie Thalavattam, which was also directed by Priyadarshan. The original movie starred Mohanlal and was also remade in Tamil in 1988 as Manasukkul Mathappu. 
 
6. Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001) 
This movie has attained the status of a cult-classic because of the amazing performance by Madhavan. However, this was not the first time that he played this role. He also starred in Minnale, a 2001 Tamil movie that was later remade into RHTDM. 
 
7. Nayak (2001) 
This movie showed an ordinary citizen becoming a Chief Minister on the basis of his honesty and selflessness, but was not made keeping Anil Kapoor and Amrish Puri in mind. This movie was actually a remake of the 1999 Tamil movie called Mudhalvan, which starred Arjun and Raghuvaran in the respective roles. Both movies were directed by S. Shankar.

Did you know that these popular Hindi movies that were actually copied from South Indian films?

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/45559184.cms" /> This one’s for all <keyword id="6355923" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Aamir-Khan">Aamir Khan</keyword> fans! From the title to story, everything about this <keyword id="53697" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="raju-hirani">Raju Hirani</keyword> film has been the talk of the town ever since its first looks have been released. If you too are waiting for the release of year’s much-awaited film, <keyword id="6396827" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="PK">PK</keyword> with a baited breath, here are 10 facts that you must know: 
 
1. Aamir Khan will be seen in not one but nine unique avatars in the film. 
 
2. Aamir’s character in the film chews pan. Being Mr Perfectionist that he is usually known as, Aamir chew paan for every scene. In fact, on some days he ended up chewing more than 100 paans in a day just to get that perfect colour on his lips and the scene right! 
 
3. Everybody’s eyes popped out when Aamir went full monty for the poster of the film. But not many know that this particular poster was shot during the shooting of Dhoom 3, which was 2 years before PK. Since, he was required to be in perfect shape, there was no better time than Dhoom 3. 
 4. You’ll see Aamir talking in Bhojpuri language in considerable part of the film. To get the accent and nuances right, Aamir underwent intense training under the guidance of Bhojpuri TV writer <keyword id="335945" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Shanti-Bhushan">Shanti Bhushan</keyword>, who accompanied the star on shoots. 
 
5. PK was scheduled to release in June’ 14 earlier. But as luck would have it, the release date got postponed. It’s now releasing close to Christmas, which is a lucky time for Aamir, considering his last few hits including Ghajini and 3 Idiots, which released during the same time. 
 
6. Director Rajkumar Hirani wanted Aamir’s character to wear old clothes in the film. Hence, Raju and Aamir came up with the idea of sourcing Aamir's clothes from a different place this time. 
 
For the first time ever, the makers picked up clothes from random people on streets of the places they shot at. For instance, while they shot in Rajasthan, they wanted Aamir to wear the authentic print of Rajasthan. So, the team got down on the streets and requested common men to give interesting shirts that they had worn in return for money or a new shirt. Surprisingly, the strangers were very supportive and happily gave their shirts to the team. 
 
7. Just like his past movies including Munna Bhai MMBS and 3 Idiots, Rajkumar Hirani has conceived a special character for actor Boman Irani even in PK. While many say that Hirani considers Irani as his lucky mascot, the duo prefers to call it friendship. 
 8. Though Hirani is known as a director par excellence, for this special project he donned yet another hat! When <keyword id="6357860" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Anushka-Sharma">Anushka Sharma</keyword> and Kiran Rao failed to give a hook step for a particular song, it was Hirani who gave it and later asked the choreographer to direct rest of the moves. 
 
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Bollywood has always been the ‘place to be’ by every actress down south. While Bollywood veterans don’t mind having a go at regional cinema, southern beauties essentially vie for a meaty role in Bollywood and a pan-India exposure. As Tamannaah gets ready for her second Bollywood outing with Humshakals, let’s take a look at five hottest southern beauties who have come the Bollywood way. 
 
1. <keyword id="654350" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Tamannaah-Bhatia">Tamannaah Bhatia</keyword> 
A popular actress hailing from the Tamil movie industry, Tamannaah has also done remarkably well in Telugu films. Although she made her acting debut in 2005 with Bollywood flick, Chand Sa Roshan Chehra, she found name and fame down South and carved a niche for herself. But life came full circle for Tamannaah when she made a Bollywood comeback in Himmatwala opposite Ajay Devgn. Unfortunately, the film tanked at the box office. Now, the pretty actress is all set for another Bollywood film called Humshakals. 
 
2. <keyword id="88540" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ileana-DCruz">Ileana D’Cruz</keyword> 
She is a leading actress in the Telugu film industry and also won a Filmfare award for Devadasu in 2006. After doing some significant work in Southern cinema, Bollywood was a natural progression for Ileana. She had a dream Bollywood debut opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Anurag Basu’s Barfi, which was a mega hit. Recently, we saw her grooving with Varun Dhawan in Main Tera Hero. 
 
3. Asin 
After winning a number of awards in Tamil and Telugu films, Asin made an impressive Bollywood debut with Ghajini opposite Aamir Khan. The actress won almost all debut awards for the film that year. Although she did a number of Bollywood films post that including Ready, Housefull 2 and Bol Bachchan, but none of them made a mark in the box office. 
 
4. <keyword id="38180" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kajal-Aggarwal">Kajal Aggarwal</keyword> 
With commercial hits like Chandamama and Magadheera to her name, Kajal is one of the most popular actresses in Tamil and Telugu movies. Plus, she has some prominent awards to her name. Kajal had a small part in 2004 Bollywood film, Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... But her big Bollywood break came with Singham opposite Ajay Devgn, which was a massive hit. She has also appeared in Special 26 opposite Akshay Kumar. 
 
5. <keyword id="22532" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shruti-Haasan">Shruti Haasan</keyword> 
Kamal Hassan’s pretty daughter made her Bollywood debut with Luck opposite Imran Khan. Although she is yet to make it big in Bollywood, Shruti has established herself as a leading contemporary actress in Telugu cinema with a number of critically acclaimed movies in her kitty, including Gabbar Singh, Anaganaga O Dheerudu, Oh My Friend and 7aum Arivu.

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Southern Beauties Who Are Rocking Bollywood

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/48438719.cms" /> Indian actress <keyword id="30508" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Asin">Asin</keyword> Thottumkal, who is making a comeback after a brief period of absence from the silver screen, is going to tie the knot soon. The Ghajini actress, who was last seen with Akshay Kumar in Khiladi 786, is going to exchange vows with Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma, one of India's most successful bachelors. 
 
The multilingual actress is rumored to be in a relationship with Sharma for quite some time now, and plans to leave acting or at least take a long break from it post marriage. 
 
Apparently, Asin and Rahul were introduced to each other by actor Akshay Kumar, who was Asin's co-actor in Housefull 2 and Khiladi 786, while being the brand ambassador of Micromax for some time, along with his wife Twinkle Khanna. 
 
This move has added Asin to the elite club of actresses who got married to businessmen. The other members of this club are: 
 
· Shilpa Shetty, who got married to Raj Kundra 
· Ayesha Takia, who got married to Farhan Azmi 
· Amrita Arora, who got married to Shakeel Ladak 
· Gayatri Joshi, who got married to Vikas Oberoi 
· Raveena Tandon, who got married to Anil Thadani 
· Celina Jaitley, who got married to Peter Haag 
· Juhi Chawla, who got married to Jay Mehta 
 
Asin, who would next be seen opposite Abhishek Bachchan in All Is Well, had stopped signing new projects 2 years back. However, given the election of Smriti Irani as the Education Minister, the movie took 2 years in making. Smriti was earlier supposed to play the role in All Is Well that was finally played by actress Supriya Pathak Kapur. 
 
Team Business Insider India wishes the couple a very happy married life together.

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