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Akshay Kumar loves sneakers. Apparently, he can’t resist picking them up when he sees a good pair anywhere. According to sources, Akshay has sneakers from every possible globally renowned brand. He owns sneakers of every color, enough to turn sneaker-lovers jealous.

His love for the shoes stems from the fact that he’s very keen on fitness and likes to settle for something only when he feels very comfortable in them.

Akshay’s penchant for sneakers doesn’t come as that much of a surprise, seeing that he loves his stunts, right?!

Akshay Kumar, who has been shooting for Farah Khan’s upcoming film Tees Maar Khan, is reportedly turning out to be a demanding actor. According to latest reports, Akshay Kumar who is shooting out of Mumbai has demanded to return home everyday to be with his family.This means that the superstar has to be given a chopper everyday for his shoots.

This in turn is proving to be a costly affair for the filmmaker.Though Farah Khan is also camping at Malshej Ghat with her triplets, but Akki is no mood to stay there. He wants to be with his family back in Mumbai every day.So, the producers have no option but to comply with his wishes.

So, for the next 21 days, Akki will be using a chopper from his shooting place to his home. Well, quite a demanding actor indeed.

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has been chosen to endorse LG Electronics` Flat Panel Displays (FPDs) because the company feels he represents the brand very well.”We have chosen Akshay as our brand ambassador for LG FPDs because he personifies the LG brand. He is a big style icon, gizmo and action freak,” Moon B Shin, managing director of LG Electronics, said in a press release.

The actor says he is impressed with the range of flat television sets the company offers. “My wife and I are crazy about watching movies at home and the LG LED (Liquid Emitting Diodes) TVs gives cinematic enjoyment at home. Their LED TV is so clear that it gives a real image. It`s classy,” said Akshay Kumar.

Akshay Kumar who is known as the Khiladi of Indian cinema has reportedly performed a very risky and challenging stunt which could have proved fatal. Akshay Kumar performed this risky shoot for the movie ‘Housefull’ by Sajid Nadiadwala and Eros International.

The scene involved an underwater stunt which was supposed to be shot by a camera in a chopper above the sea.That particular day, in which Akshay was supposed to perform this dangerous stunt, it was found that the tide was high and it was very dangerous to shoot as the stunt could have resulted fatal.

But, the Khiladi Akshay performed the shoot in spite of all hurdles and successfully completed it. The unit members said that the shoot was awesome. Hats off to daring Akhay!

During the shooting of Farah Khan’s ‘Tees Maar Khan’, Akshay Kumar remained in handcuff for full fours hours as the key of the handcuff accidentally broken and adding to the woe the production team forgot to bring the spare keys. A close source said, “A production hand had accidentally broken the key while pulling it out of the handcuff before the scene.

But Akshay had slipped on the cuffs and the lock clicked into place. He was taking it lightly because he assumed there was an extra key. But when Farah Khan realised the duplicate key wasn’t there, she asked for a locksmith to be summoned before rolling the camera.”The locksmith was called but he failed to open it. Talking about the whole episode, Farah Khan said, “The locksmith couldn’t open the handcuff because it was an imported one and had a complex locking mechanism.

So I had no other option but to send somebody to the other end of town, where my team member had forgotten the duplicate key. I was surprised that they had forgotten to bring the extra key to FilmCity, but there was nothing else we could do to save the situation.” Farah Khan is thankful to Akshay that he did not lose his cool and waited tolerantly.

Recently Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar had to fly to Manali to shoot romantic song in director Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s film Action Replayy. But unexpectedly it snowed a lot in Manali in February. And due to certain risks Shah cancelled the shoot.

Shah’s patience is really being tested for this movie as first, Ash’s extended the shoot for Mani Ratnam’s film, Raavan and now the weather is spoiling everything.The song that had to be shot is based on a 1970s melody by Pritam.

Vipul now requires some other date from both the stars for shooting the song that is rather difficult to set. So Vipul may have to cancel the song from the film.

Sonam Kapoor is all set to venture into the genre of comedy. The talented actress has been roped in by Anees Bazmee’s for his next movie. The movie is titled Thank You and Sonam will be sharing the screen space with Akshay Kumar who was freshly announced to be part of the movie.

Sonam Kapoor confirms eagerly, “I have signed a film titled Thank You which will be directed by Anees Bazmee. I am being paired opposite Akshay Kumar. Thank You is being produced by UTV.”Sonam has already proved her acting prowess in Saawariya and Delhi 6 although both the movies didn’t do well at the box-office.

So, it will be interesting to see her in a comic-role. And considering the series of hits like Welcome and Singh Is Kinng in Anees’s kitty, Miss Kapoor must be really assured of success this time.

February 13, 2010: Sonam Kapoor is all set to venture into the genre of comedy. The talented actress has been roped in by Anees Bazmee’s for.

Mumbai, Feb 11 – After undergoing treatment for his back in Germany, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has returned to doing what he does best – dangerous.

Vipul Shah’s ‘Action Replay’ goes back to 1970s. Therefore, the hair styling of the actors was also done accordingly. Akshay and Aishwarya were dressed up like that of the 70’s. Hollywood famous make-up artists Paul Pattison is assigned for the job. Says Vipul, “Since we haven’t copied our 1970s look from Hindi films, Akshay and Aishwarya sat down to look at real- life footage from the decade to get the look right.

They specially looked at television footage of live cricket matches in the 1970s. Akshay was busy peering at the pavilion of audience, what they wore, how they spoke moved their body language. That’s how he conceived his character in the 70s. That’s where Paul Pattison’s wig came in.”Vipul further adds, “We were very particular about the 1970s look recreated at the Nitin Chandrakant Desai’s studio in Karjat. We needed the cars from the 70s which we had to get from all over India from private owners at a very heavy cost.

The BEST buses in the 1970s were very dissimilar from their counterparts today. Getting authentic BEST buses from the 70s was the hardest part of the whole era-recreation. Getting Akshay and Aishwarya to go retro was the easiest thing. They had a ball getting into their wigs clothes and body language.”Akshay is working hard to look very alike of the 70’s not only in style but mannerism also.