Akshay - the king is dead, Long Live the King

The Khiladi Kumar has come a long way with his B Grade movies which had only one purpose - dishoom dishoom. And yes...a bit of songs thrown in. Khiladi was a case in point- silly college caper, cute girl friends and a lot of suspense. The movie clicked becos of the whodunnit drama and not beacuse of any great acting from its leading stars.

Also Akshay Kumar was not considered as a actor by any stretch of imagination. But he was punctual, worked hard, focussed ona ction and kept slogging away. He was very much in teh same boat as Suneil Shetty perhaps, only along the way, Akshay improved his acting skills and one fine day Hera Pheri happened. Though the movie had some great contribution from Paresh Rawal, Suneil Shetty, Om Puri and a host of strong character actors, it was Akshay who used the good will of a great comedy hit and propelled himself forward strongly.

Today he can lay claim to a string of hits in the last few years - Dhadkan, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Garam Masala, Phir Hera Pheri, Bhaagam Bhaag, Bhool Bulaiyaa, Heyy Babyy, Welcome and now Singg is Kingg. Th best thing is Akki has acted with the smaller directors and has very few in not any movies with the Yashraj, Karan Johar, Ram Gopal Varma, and Bhatt camps. That i feel is incredible.

Reebok has signed on Bollywood star Bipasha Basu as it's new face

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Bipasha Basu the hot Bong bombshell has proved what a good toned body she has. Well, at least Reebok have approved her. Reebok India has signed on the fittest Bollywood star as it's new face for all their India-centric promotions.

Subhinder Singh who is the MD of Reebok India said "Bipasha embodies the pulse points of our brand --individuality, authenticity and a life lived to the fullest in perpetual motion. She is an actor par excellence, a celebrated youth icon with an immense passion for fitness."

Bipasha has been managing her career quite well. For a model (who are dubbed bad actors) she has made impressive strides as an actor. She has refined her acting skills, become a sought after dancer (when directors approach you fro item numbers it means you have made it as a dancer) and is doing strong roles now as opposed to the glamor roles. She has done Corporate where she wore business suits and did not bare her dusky skin at all in the movie. She also made sure she did roles that kept her in the limelight - both audiences and producers; like Omkara, No Entry, Dhoom:2, Phir Hera Pheri, and a few others.