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First it was Ranbir Kapoor who had his torso/abs contoured and hand-painted during Saawariya by his ever-helpful
co-star Salman Khan.
Now it is Sonu Sood who got the same personal attention from Salman.While shooting the tricky bare-bodied
climactic combat scene in Wai for Dabangg Salman personally supervised his screen-adversary Sonu Sood's torso
tanning.
Says Sonu, "Everyone knows when two guys do an action scene specially if they're bare-chested, they work out
harder before the sequence to make sure each one's body is in the best shape."
Salman has not only exercised rigorously for the climactic fight he has also made sure Sonu Sood looks his best
on camera.
Says Sonu, "We've been shooting the hand-to-hand combat for a fortnight. Every day Salman has been making
sure I'm as comfortable with the action director S Vijayan's instruction as he is."
Salman went many steps further by giving Sonu Sood a lotion to highlight his torso muscles.
Says Sonu, "We've been shooting in the heat on a set depicting a warehouse. Our fight is a free-for-all. We first
combat with fists and then any weapon, instrument, hard object we can lay our hand on..It's the most dangerous
fight Salman and I have done. Salman made sure I was comfortable and as protected and safe as possible."
Best of all, the star gave Sonu Sood a lotion to highlight and contour his torso muscles.
Says Sood, "It's a suntan lotion which makes the abs glisten on camera so that your muscles look more
contoured. Salman told me to apply it and my body looks better on camera than ever before."
Interestingly Salman had offered the same magic lotion to Ranbir Kapoor when the debutant shot the Jab se tere
naina number in a towel for Saawariya.
In fact Salman was not even required for the Saawariya song. He had
nonetheless come on the sets and personally painted Ranbir's torso with the lotion before the song was
shot.
That explains Ranbir's contoured torso muscles in the towel song when in fact he has a wiry physique.
Says Sonu Sood, "Unlike Ranbir who was in a towel the audience will see me and Salman like two rustic Biharis in
Pyjama -kurtas. Salman plays a cop who thinks he's the unchallenged law of the region.
I challenge him
to a fight. We both slip off our kurtas and fight in full public view. As the fight gets more vicious the crowds are
scared away.Only me and Salman are left, fighting. It's the most realistic climactic fight we've ever shot."
Saturday, March 27, 2010 14:17 IST