New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Brazilian beauty Bruna Abdullah, actresses Rupali Ganguly, Nauheed Cyrusi and VJ Anushka Manchanda are all ga-ga over Akshay Kumar. No, they don't have a crush on him, but say the Bollywood star was a "motivating and inspiring" host for the second edition of adventure reality show "Khatron Ke Khiladi - Level 2".
All of them are participants on the show and feel Akshay motivated them to push their limits to accomplish tasks and often eased a tough situation by cracking jokes.
"Akshay was the best host possible for this show. If I wasn't able to do a task easily, he used to motivate me. Even if any of us backed out of a task, he would give us plenty of pep talk and used to ask us to push our limits. He was a super teacher," Rupali Ganguly, who was earlier seen on reality show "Big Boss", told IANS over phone from Mumbai.
"Khatron Ke Khiladi - Level 2" has 13 celebrity women, including Mandira Bedi, Shweta Salve, Rosa Catalano, Sushma Reddy, Carol Gracias and Shonali Nagrani among others and each of them has a male partner and they compete with each other to win Rs.5 million as prize money.
The show was shot in Cape Town and will air on Colors in September.
Nauheed Cyrusi, best remembered as the "Piya basanti re" girl, says Akshay was a constant support system for her.
"I knew that Akshay Kumar, the big star, was going to host the show. I didn't know what to expect from him because I'd never met him before. But when I met him, he was so real. He helped me a great deal and was super approachable," said Nauheed.
"He was a complete support system for all of us there. In a task, the last few seconds are very crucial and it was then that he really encouraged each of us. He used to say 'Come on! Come on' and that was motivating," she added.
For Brazilian beauty Bruna Abdullah, who was seen in an item number in Anubhav Sinha's "Cash", Akshay was an inspiration.
"He (Akshay) was wonderful. He would do the stunts himself first and show us the safest way to perform them. He didn't let us give up on tasks easily at all and used to say that we won't ever get a chance to put ourselves through those stunts again," said Bruna, who Akshay teasingly referred to as 'Bru'.
"He was also extra sensitive to Rosa and me as we didn't understand much of Hindi. So he would go out of his way to clear our doubts," she added.
VJ and singer Anushka was also all praise for the 41-year-old actor.
"Akshay was really funny. He used to talk at random and eased out the most difficult tasks for us. He would tell us this is the best chance to do crazy things. At times, he would be serious and warn us if a certain task was tough. He would say 'This is not a laughing matter' to caution us," she said.
Said Shonali, a former supermodel: "Initially Akshay was very strict but gradually he became extremely supportive. He not only encouraged us but also helped us with strategies to strengthen our confidence levels. He always stood by us and gave us a pep talk whenever we were down. Nobody better than Akshay Kumar as a host for the show."
Actress Nethra Raghuraman had won the first season of the show, which was aired last year.
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) Akshay Kumar gallant nature was revealed in London when his "Housefull" co-star Deepika Paudkone was laid up with a bout of malaria. He not only made sure Deepika was looked after, but also persuaded her to stay away from shooting.
While Deepika was resting, alternative scenes that didn't require her were shot.
"I'm recovering. I was bedridden for three days. And yes, I did return to the set on Saturday. I had to shoot. But I'm not sure whether it was the wisest of decisions, considering it was malaria," Deepika told IANS from London.
Akshay and Deepika earlier teamed up for "Chandni Chowk To China", which turned out to be a box office dud. But the film's failure hasn't affected their friendship.
"I'm lucky to be surrounded by gallant men. Whether it's my dad, Ranbir (Kapoor), Akshay, Shah Rukh Khan or any of my co-stars, I haven't so far encountered any ill-behaved men," said Deepika whose next release is "Love Aaj Kal".
Directed by Imtiaz Ali, "Love Aaj Kal" hits the screens Friday. And Saif Ali Khan, who plays Deepika's cynical love interest in the romantic saga, also gets high marks from Deepika, though she admits they aren't close friends.
In the movie, Saif plays a guy who doesn't believe in romantic love whereas Deepika is a die-hard romantic both in the film and in real life.
"He (Saif) also believes in love and realises it when he can't do without the girl. So I guess there's a romantic in all of us. It just needs to be tapped. But you need to experience that journey from disbelief to love, like I have in real life.
"So many times I advice people on their love life. I can always tell the difference between those who understand and don't understand the value of true love," she said.
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, who recently shared screen space with international stars Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards and Brandon Routh in "Kambakkht Ishq", says he has no plans of heading to Hollywood.
"Why go to Hollywood when Hollywood is coming to Bollywood? I'm happy doing my work here as of now," Akshay told IANS.
Now that "Kambakkht Ishq" has registered good profits at the box office, Akshay is looking forward to his other films that include "Blue", "De Dana Dan" and "Action Replay".
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