'Thuppakki' Remake: Akshay Kumar to lose weight

'Thuppakki' Remake: Akshay
Kumar to lose weight
IANS | 07-Dec 16:58 PM
Mumbai: Bollywood star Akshay
Kumar, with his lean look and
super fit physique, would need
to lose more weight for his role
as an army captain in AR
Murugadoss's remake of his
Tamil hit 'Thuppakki'. Akshay
has been asked to lose seven
kgs.
The movie's shooting begins on
December 20, since the
Christmas week is considered
lucky by Murugadoss.
"He released his 'Ghajini' in
December. Since then,
Murugadoss has been
excessively attached to the
Christmas season. He was keen
on staring the Hindi 'Thuppakki'
in the Christmas week, and
Akshay was happy to oblige.
The only problem is, he has two
weeks to lose at least five kgs,
and some more later to play an
army captain at least 12 years
junior to Akshay's biological
age," said a source close to
Murugadoss.
Akshay will also sport an army
officer's hairdo and look.
"The soldier-hero is never really
shown in the army. The drama
happens while he's on leave.
But we want Akshay to look like
a young army jawaan, fit
enough to take on the villains.
Not only that. We actually want
him to look like a real soldier,"
said Murugadoss.
"He will be getting a crew-cut
hair-styling done. We don't
want Akshay to look
unconvincing as the soldier in
any detail," he added.
The demand to lose weight
seems strange for a leading
man, who is as lean as Akshay.
But Murugadoss explains:
"Akshay is one of the fittest
heroes in India. But to play the
soldier, we want him to be
slightly fitter. His shoulders
should become more
streamlined and his frame
should be slimmer. Akshay has
the physique for the role. He
just needs to lose a little more
weight and become slightly
sharper around the edges."
For the Tamil film, actor Vijay
had actually gone for
commando training to play the
soldier.
"But Akshay is already into
martial arts. So all he needs to
do is just polish up his act. He
has the know-how and the
physical fitness," says the
director.
Incidentally for 'Ghajini', Aamir
Khan had to bulk up and add
muscle to his physique to play
the self-trained fighter. In
'Thuppakki', Akshay goes the
other way to get leaner and
meaner.

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