Ranbir turns statue for ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghajab Kahani’ (Film Snippets)

MUMBAI - Ranbir Kapoor had to pose like a statue in his forthcoming release “Ajab Prem Ki Ghajab Kahani” and makeup man Vikram Gaikwad spent four hours to turn the actor into a sculpted figure.

In the film, Ranbir has the habit of talking to an icon that stands in the centre of the town and one day he realises it looks like him. And for that particular scene, he had needed the makeover.

“Once the make up was done, Ranbir would have to just stand till the shot was canned and that took hours. But it was a very tedious and tiring process but Ranbir did it very enthusiastically,” said a source.

After the shot Ranbir would want move around all the time. “Standing like a stone, it made Ranbir realise the value of freedom,” said the source.

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I’m not as fit as I want to be: Mandira Bedi

She is 37 and flaunts quite a toned body but actress-cum-anchor Mandira Bedi still rues that she isn’t as fit as she wants to be.

I am not as fit as I want to be. But during ‘Khatron Ka Khiladi’, I was, Mandira told IANS.

Now, the actress is back to a strict regime to keep herself in good shape.

I try and make time for exercise out of whatever opportunity I get. I believe that in the day when we have 16-18 waking hours, taking out half an hour for exercise is not tough. So even if I have a shortage of time, I try and take out at least half an hour for exercise in a day.

And I ensure that I work out five to six days a week, she added.

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Rajneish Duggall obsessed with superheroes

Bollywood actor Rajneish Duggall, who will be seen in Vikram Bhatt’s “Phhir”, has a fetish for superheroes. He loves them so much that he has huge collection of various merchandises like Batman T-shirts, Superman boxers and Phantom belts.

I was always fascinated by these superheroes and the powers that they possess. Whenever I go shopping the first thing that I put my sight on are superhero accessories. In my free time too, I am usually watching a superhero flick or playing superhero games, said Rajneish, who is going to be a father soon.

According to a source close to the actor, Rajneish has set a Spiderman caller tune for all his callers, owns Phantom key chain and keeps superhero soft toys on the car’s backseat.

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Vir Das finds himself isolated on YRF sets

Stand-up comedian and actor Vir Das, is finding himself isolated these days on the sets of Yash Raj Films’ next despite the various pranks others play on each other.

This Shahid Kapoor and Anushka Sharma starrer is Parmeet Sethi’s directorial debut.

The entire team of Parmeet Sethis film is very young, enthusiastic and energetic. They pull each others leg and play pranks on each other. But all of them steer clear of playing any on Vir Das, said a source.

Asked about the reason behind this behaviour, the source said: No one in the gang wants to be at the receiving end of Virs humour and find himself mentioned in his stage show Walking on Broken Das.