There is more to Blue than anyone who watches this film could ever imagine!!! It’s not just the colour Blue, (not since I cracked my head open and bled like a stuffed pig 100ft under water!!) This experience has pushed just about everyone involved to their absolute limits. From the producer’s bank balance, to the director’s maximum efforts for his first baby which just happens to be the most dangerous movie I’ve ever been a part of. To all the actors and actresses, the pressures and fitness levels we all had to reach; before any of us could even enter the water; to the amount of amazing talent and resources and crew effort... The list is endless... Seriously, if people hadn’t given their utmost love and dedication to the film; I don’t think anyone of us would have gone anywhere near that many sharks! People always ask me whether I’m mad to work with first-time directors on such huge movies! My answer is always, I’d be mad not to.
What I loved shooting about this film other than the extreme stunts, the pressure, and hardcore diving sessions with all those hungry sharks around, was the fact that I got to work with the toughest, the most professional and most talented team I’ve ever come across. Pete Zuccarini, the underwater cameraman is a person I’ll never forget. He taught me not only to look like a fish but act, swim and feel like I belonged underwater, and that’s why I pushed myself to my limit in this film.
I trained myself to be able to handle whatever these guys could throw at me. When there is an entire crew waiting for you to nail a shot, you do not want to be the fool to get it wrong, I respected their time and effort and therefore they respected my attempt at being a human dolphin for them!
There are a million thank you’s I’d love to give, but I just want to say that if this movie gets appreciated half as much as it deserves I’d be a very happy man. Blue has created a new Bollywood dimension and no matter what the outcome may be, I take my hat off to everyone who made this insane movie come true. Even when it got rocky, Tony my friend, you made the waters calm...
Love,
Yours Akshay...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Legs of steel...
Hello my people…
Today I am exhilarated, I am in love with life, I am writing to you after a hilarious day of shooting with Sajid Khan and my wonderful co-stars, Ritesh, Arjun, Lara and Deepika, who after shooting the first song of our movie, are now only singing one song repeatedly, and that’s ‘He’s such a Loser’, and it is directed only at me. I am playing a Loser of all Loser’s, and the crazy director that Sajid is has made a song to make all idiots in the world feel like absolute idiots, (even then, compared to me, they're probably still cooler than I am ;o( … I love his ideas, he’s afraid of nothing, he has so much faith in me its scary. And we are cracking ribs on this set. Problem is I have to keep such a straight face in this film that I have bitten my bottom lip almost down to the bone ;o)….
But why I am smiling from ear to ear is for the strangest reason. At the moment we’re shooting in east London, and on the way home we hit severe traffic, so my fitness freak trainer says “why don’t we run the rest of the way home and see if we can beat the car!!” Then my driver lays a bet down that WE would reach the hotel before them, so of course the bet is on. So on come the trainers and boom we’re off on some 5mile run at 10.30 at night. We pass all the other cars with my co-stars,the producer, choreographer and director, as they sit there watching their lead actor running through the streets of London wearing a suit and trainers, going “what the hell is he doing, he’ll get mobbed.” As you must be knowing London is full of Indians and Arabs and all kinds of Asians, so running down Oxford street became some what of a mission. Guys were running after me trying to figure out if what they had just seen was true, “was that Akshay Kumar?” Then even more people started saying “who, who”, so by the end I felt like half an Indian army were running behind me, and asking me to come home for dinner. It was heart warming for sure. I love my people ;o) In no other culture have I ever seen a bigger heart than an Indian heart...
So if any of you out there reading this were there that night, I salute you, you ran like true fans and I respect you for that. Plus you gave me a brain wave, I’d never want to stop seeing you all, but the running was way too much attention for any man to handle. So!! I bought a couple of mountain bikes and now I’m cycling from the set to my hotel, through the middle of ancient London and by the time people see my ugly face I’m gone, before they’ve even got there cameras out. I don’t mean to be rude, but if I stopped every couple of metres to say hello to everyone, I’d never break a sweat, and your hero would be a fatty on a bike and then no one will be wanting my picture ;o)… Now I cycle miles through Hyde Park everyday, I love how many people no matter what their age, are in the Park come rain or shine doing some sort of fitness, from tai chi, to football, cycling, running, Frisbee, rugby. Even the army brings recruits to train in the Park, there’s horse riding, swimming, dog walking, and even cricket. It’s truly exhilarating, I feel great, with my lungs burning, my legs killing, and I’m not alone, you have hundreds of people trying to become as fit as you are… Every city needs a Hyde Park, but what I loved was how many Sikhs I saw riding bikes, and Hindu’s walking in their lovely Saree’s enjoying their morning exercise. It gives me such a warm feeling knowing my culture and my people are living it up in all corners of the world… So anyone out there whose struggling to keep fit, I recommend buying a bicycle, and just ride around, forget about your stresses and just breathe in the air that surrounds you, what’s holding you back? Believe me a happy body gives you a happy soul ;o) so be happy, give your heart a reason to pump, remember a wasted day is a day without laughter, so laugh your hearts out, be Exhilarated!!!!.........
My Love and prayers
Always
Your Akshay X
Today I am exhilarated, I am in love with life, I am writing to you after a hilarious day of shooting with Sajid Khan and my wonderful co-stars, Ritesh, Arjun, Lara and Deepika, who after shooting the first song of our movie, are now only singing one song repeatedly, and that’s ‘He’s such a Loser’, and it is directed only at me. I am playing a Loser of all Loser’s, and the crazy director that Sajid is has made a song to make all idiots in the world feel like absolute idiots, (even then, compared to me, they're probably still cooler than I am ;o( … I love his ideas, he’s afraid of nothing, he has so much faith in me its scary. And we are cracking ribs on this set. Problem is I have to keep such a straight face in this film that I have bitten my bottom lip almost down to the bone ;o)….
But why I am smiling from ear to ear is for the strangest reason. At the moment we’re shooting in east London, and on the way home we hit severe traffic, so my fitness freak trainer says “why don’t we run the rest of the way home and see if we can beat the car!!” Then my driver lays a bet down that WE would reach the hotel before them, so of course the bet is on. So on come the trainers and boom we’re off on some 5mile run at 10.30 at night. We pass all the other cars with my co-stars,the producer, choreographer and director, as they sit there watching their lead actor running through the streets of London wearing a suit and trainers, going “what the hell is he doing, he’ll get mobbed.” As you must be knowing London is full of Indians and Arabs and all kinds of Asians, so running down Oxford street became some what of a mission. Guys were running after me trying to figure out if what they had just seen was true, “was that Akshay Kumar?” Then even more people started saying “who, who”, so by the end I felt like half an Indian army were running behind me, and asking me to come home for dinner. It was heart warming for sure. I love my people ;o) In no other culture have I ever seen a bigger heart than an Indian heart...
So if any of you out there reading this were there that night, I salute you, you ran like true fans and I respect you for that. Plus you gave me a brain wave, I’d never want to stop seeing you all, but the running was way too much attention for any man to handle. So!! I bought a couple of mountain bikes and now I’m cycling from the set to my hotel, through the middle of ancient London and by the time people see my ugly face I’m gone, before they’ve even got there cameras out. I don’t mean to be rude, but if I stopped every couple of metres to say hello to everyone, I’d never break a sweat, and your hero would be a fatty on a bike and then no one will be wanting my picture ;o)… Now I cycle miles through Hyde Park everyday, I love how many people no matter what their age, are in the Park come rain or shine doing some sort of fitness, from tai chi, to football, cycling, running, Frisbee, rugby. Even the army brings recruits to train in the Park, there’s horse riding, swimming, dog walking, and even cricket. It’s truly exhilarating, I feel great, with my lungs burning, my legs killing, and I’m not alone, you have hundreds of people trying to become as fit as you are… Every city needs a Hyde Park, but what I loved was how many Sikhs I saw riding bikes, and Hindu’s walking in their lovely Saree’s enjoying their morning exercise. It gives me such a warm feeling knowing my culture and my people are living it up in all corners of the world… So anyone out there whose struggling to keep fit, I recommend buying a bicycle, and just ride around, forget about your stresses and just breathe in the air that surrounds you, what’s holding you back? Believe me a happy body gives you a happy soul ;o) so be happy, give your heart a reason to pump, remember a wasted day is a day without laughter, so laugh your hearts out, be Exhilarated!!!!.........
My Love and prayers
Always
Your Akshay X
Friday, July 17, 2009
The Battle Is Over...
Hello Everyone…
Three down, two more movies to go this year, I almost feel like a cricketer, if I Hit two more wickets this year India’s won, and if I don’t then I think I’m off the team, ‘He He’ ;o) I’m only kidding, I aint going anywhere,coz right now I’m so happy and tension free. If you saw a picture of me two weeks ago, I looked like someone had put a gun to my head and was being forced to create world peace… But now, post ‘Kambakht Ishq’ I look like I’ve been on holiday, I haven’t, but at least I look like I have. I feel great, my audiences have given me a Huge Hit, I’m back to my funny usual self, meaning I’ve put my head straight into another movie, yes wait for it, Sajid Khan is back with an almighty bang. We’re into our 4th day of shooting ‘House Full’ in oh so sunny England, (seriously it rains here more than Bombay, no wonder Londoners get depressed…) I have to say even in the rain Sajid Khan is probably the funniest Indian on the planet, I can’t tell you much as its too early into the film, but he’s already made one of the heroines fall out of a window, he’s made me destroy an entire living room and lets just say there was a parrot on set, but he doesn’t flap anymore…
It’s so cool here in London, no wonder there are so many NRI’s here, there’s a cinema on every corner, beautiful parks, loads of restaurants, and I know I’m a guy but the shopping is wicked, my family is having a ball. I’ve been taking my wife and son to Hyde Park everyday, even Aarav trains with me at 6 o’clock in the morning. We’ve hired out mountain bikes, we’ve been conditioning on the monkey area in the kids adventure playground, he loves it here, there’s so much to do… Even though I’m buzzing with excitement, diving head first into a new movie is not an easy task. I sat one whole day with Sajid and the writer to get the feel of my new character, we didn’t move from the room for 10 hours, we just ate curds to keep us alive. We just went over and over on how we’re going to entertain our audience in a bigger and better way than before. Sajid has worked solidly on this movie for 2 years now since he directed ‘Heyy Babyy’, Now it’s up to me, Ritesh D, Lara D, Deepika P, and the rest of the nutty gang to deliver Sajid's enthusiastic genius comedy timing on screen. So the pressure's back on but we’re all loving it. The stories you're all gonna hear about what we’ve been getting up to on the sets will be hilarious enough let alone the movie at the end of it…
But for all of you who are living in Bombay, be safe, stay inside when the storms are bad, stock up on food, and take care, the rains are God’s way of feeding us, just be careful…
Much love and care,
Your Akshay…
Three down, two more movies to go this year, I almost feel like a cricketer, if I Hit two more wickets this year India’s won, and if I don’t then I think I’m off the team, ‘He He’ ;o) I’m only kidding, I aint going anywhere,coz right now I’m so happy and tension free. If you saw a picture of me two weeks ago, I looked like someone had put a gun to my head and was being forced to create world peace… But now, post ‘Kambakht Ishq’ I look like I’ve been on holiday, I haven’t, but at least I look like I have. I feel great, my audiences have given me a Huge Hit, I’m back to my funny usual self, meaning I’ve put my head straight into another movie, yes wait for it, Sajid Khan is back with an almighty bang. We’re into our 4th day of shooting ‘House Full’ in oh so sunny England, (seriously it rains here more than Bombay, no wonder Londoners get depressed…) I have to say even in the rain Sajid Khan is probably the funniest Indian on the planet, I can’t tell you much as its too early into the film, but he’s already made one of the heroines fall out of a window, he’s made me destroy an entire living room and lets just say there was a parrot on set, but he doesn’t flap anymore…
It’s so cool here in London, no wonder there are so many NRI’s here, there’s a cinema on every corner, beautiful parks, loads of restaurants, and I know I’m a guy but the shopping is wicked, my family is having a ball. I’ve been taking my wife and son to Hyde Park everyday, even Aarav trains with me at 6 o’clock in the morning. We’ve hired out mountain bikes, we’ve been conditioning on the monkey area in the kids adventure playground, he loves it here, there’s so much to do… Even though I’m buzzing with excitement, diving head first into a new movie is not an easy task. I sat one whole day with Sajid and the writer to get the feel of my new character, we didn’t move from the room for 10 hours, we just ate curds to keep us alive. We just went over and over on how we’re going to entertain our audience in a bigger and better way than before. Sajid has worked solidly on this movie for 2 years now since he directed ‘Heyy Babyy’, Now it’s up to me, Ritesh D, Lara D, Deepika P, and the rest of the nutty gang to deliver Sajid's enthusiastic genius comedy timing on screen. So the pressure's back on but we’re all loving it. The stories you're all gonna hear about what we’ve been getting up to on the sets will be hilarious enough let alone the movie at the end of it…
But for all of you who are living in Bombay, be safe, stay inside when the storms are bad, stock up on food, and take care, the rains are God’s way of feeding us, just be careful…
Much love and care,
Your Akshay…
Friday, April 17, 2009
My Family...
Hi guys,
As promised I'm back. My whole purpose of being present on the internet was to connect with you guys and share everything about my life.
Hence I would like to start off with introducing to you all, my family without whose love and support I would have never made it.
At home, I share my life with my wife, Tina, my son, Aarav, my mother, Aruna Bhatia, sister, Alka, little niece, Simar and of course my dogs, Stitch and Okie.
At work, I am dependent on my key staff members, who have become family to me...
My driver, Ravi
My trainer, Jennifer
My manager, Lokesh
My executive assistant, Zenobia.
My assistant, Nitin
My hair dresser, Milind
Make up artist, Narendra dada.
I hope to continue sharing about my life and family with you here, until then take care.
Love,
AK.
As promised I'm back. My whole purpose of being present on the internet was to connect with you guys and share everything about my life.
Hence I would like to start off with introducing to you all, my family without whose love and support I would have never made it.
At home, I share my life with my wife, Tina, my son, Aarav, my mother, Aruna Bhatia, sister, Alka, little niece, Simar and of course my dogs, Stitch and Okie.
At work, I am dependent on my key staff members, who have become family to me...
My driver, Ravi
My trainer, Jennifer
My manager, Lokesh
My executive assistant, Zenobia.
My assistant, Nitin
My hair dresser, Milind
Make up artist, Narendra dada.
I hope to continue sharing about my life and family with you here, until then take care.
Love,
AK.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Greetings...
Hi guys,
Though I'm not the most computer friendly person, I've heard this is the best medium to interact with fans. So here I am, trying to acquaint myself with the internet. I'm a quick learner but till then please be patient with me. Though I cannot really put a time line in place, I promise to write as regularly as possible.
Love,
AK.
Though I'm not the most computer friendly person, I've heard this is the best medium to interact with fans. So here I am, trying to acquaint myself with the internet. I'm a quick learner but till then please be patient with me. Though I cannot really put a time line in place, I promise to write as regularly as possible.
Love,
AK.
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