7 ,the collar dance Dabangg ,he makes up Cover story SALMAN KHAN EASYDANCE << Bodyguard Whether itor is the the bicep belt dance dance of of of Ready steps as he goes along,with a little assistance .“Only he 9 << can do it,”says Farah Khan,who also says that she gets some of his best moves watching him dance at a party ICONIC NAME to Chulbul while he is slightly drunk.“I just copy it the next day.” and Tere Naam, From the romanticWanted hero Prem to the macho Radhey in and now the ironic Lovely Dabangg .His onscreen names Pandey in Bodyguard Singh for reflect his professional transition. >> 5 GIRLIN PERIL No Khan movie is complete without the girl in peril.She << 3 has to be gorgeous.She has to Bone-crunching action, schoolboy humour, chartbusting be in trouble,with her family SIMPLE CLOTHES or a villain,and Khan has to songs and dialogue designed for applause.This Khan’s rescue her from her fate.If << It has to be affordable clothes, she looks like his most recent 10 movies have brought back the hero who can do it all. something anyI tailor wore can a jacket copy. you “In Bigg Boss ex-girlfriend,it helps.There to his are no steamy scenes.The DEADLYSQUINT can make of anBodyguard old suit.”From By Kaveree Bamzai with Nishat Bari and Gunjeet Sra audience can only have one Sizing up his opponent who the boots in is always bigger than him Polo T-shirt,everything is easy sex object at a time. wo trucks of gym equipment preceded because (“otherwise there’s no fun to replicate.“IBodyguard wore one pair of in winning,”he says) has Salman Khan’s arrival at the Baradari boots in been his trademark.This Palace Hotel in Patiala earlier this year. I don’t want children to is usually followed byMujhpe a harass their parents for 6 The actor was shooting Bodyguard, >> deadly dialogue: “ new things,”he says. BARE CHEST ek ehsaan karna ki mujhpe,” he which clocked Bollywood’s fastest koi ehsaan na karnabefore For the original Pocket Hercules Bodyguard T says in Rs 100 crore ever, making Rs 110 crore in the of Bollywood who sports he kills Aditya Pancholi. domestic box office in the first week. For 15 days, 17 ½-inch biceps,a 30-inch waist Khan battled excruciating pain from a nerve and a 42-inch chest,his body disorder known as trigeminal neuralgia to is his biggest USP.FromMaine his Pyaar coy work out five hours a day, between 7 and 9 in the barechested act in , Kiya,1989,to the muscle-ripping,Dabangg morning, and 8 and 11 at night after pack-up, shirt-popping scene in for the mandatory shirtless scene in the climax. all his directors know how to show << He would do 2,000 abdominal crunches every 2 off his best asset. day, walk to the fort where the action was set, COOLACCESSORY Tere Fans have sported his trademark earrings and too-loose- for-the-wrist turquoise bracelet with as much enthusiasm and Wanted as they have accepted his onscreen style like the cult. Dabangg Naam haircut that has spawned a fringe still proudly << enshrined in hairdressing signboards across India and STAR ENTRY aaya hai the corny heart-shaped sunglasses of 4 It’s a techniquehe enters borrowed the frame from Rajinikanthsouthern cinema.In style,kicking both open doors.In Dabangg, he is introduced dramatically,one asset at a time,first comes Bodyguard, << in Andaaz IN SEVEN DAYS the walk,thenWriter-director the back,and he Manish finally Gupta turns saysaround the with build-up the line works.“While oui maa 10 WAYS bodyguard. people started clapping and whistling when he came RS 100 CRORE Dabangg, SILLYHUMOUR I'm not a fool, you think watching 8 The jokes are usually asinine.From Every Khan movie has TO MAKE on screen,even before he had done anything.” in 1994 to a deadpanBodyguard. << Apna Apna in Haraamzade se yaad? title song: HOTSONG Bodyguard I’m in nursery school 1 All songs have to be catchy,with easy recall value.Most at least one innuendo.Witness this: focus on Salman Khan.Take the aaya, Choubey.Some ji aapke are penned adarniye by pitashree him during kaise the haishoot. in Dabangg Sabki aan sabki shaan.The sabka songs ek have bhai to jaan be “kick-ass,”says aa gaya hai dekho bodyguard Khan.“There’s no point in being just average.” Photo imaging by SAURABH SINGH/www.indiatodayimages.com Cover story SALMAN KHAN and run for 5-6 km in between the shoot. Biceps with a diameter of Interview 17-and-a-half inches, a 30-inch waist “I’ll never kiss a girl on screen” WORD POWER and a 42-inch chest aren’t easy to maintain but Khan knows the audience Salman Khan is recuperating in rily a family audience. And second, I His dialogues are easy to wants to see the shirt coming off. And New Jersey, USA, after a complicated learnt this a long time ago, every man’s spout and difficult to forget what they want, they will get. surgery to ease a nerve disorder called wife or girlfriend is for himself. He does- An action-oriented script, pumped Trigeminal Neuralgia, which had been n’t want to share her. WANTED,2009 up with powerful emblematic lines causing him excruciating pain for a Q.Why is it so important to have a Jab main ek bar commitment (“main maarta kam hoon aur gha- year. He spoke on the phone about the shirtless scene? de deta hoon to uske baad khud seetta zyada hoon”), easy-to-replicate enormous success of Bodyguard and I think the whole point is when peo- ki bhi nahi sunta. dance steps, and undiluted heroism, capping a hattrick of blockbusters. ple see it they think if this guy can take Main sharaab aur khoon apni Khan’s formula is currently No. 1 at the Q. So how does it feel? his shirt off, so can we. But you have to marzi se peeta hoon, dabake. box office. In September 2010, You can’t go mad about these prepare yourself mentally. I had just 15 Dabangg made Rs 143 crore at the things. It’s the festive season. The past days to work on my body for the climac- domestic box office and in June 2011, three films have done well. The busi- tic fight of Bodyguard. And I would DABANGG,2010 Ready made Rs 103 crore. Khan’s film ness has grown. Aabadi badti ja rahi work on every muscle of my body Hum tumme itne chhed karenge has become the biggest Indian film to hai (the population is growing), even if two/three times a week. I would have ke confuse ho jaoge ke saans open in the UK—193,000 pounds (Rs I’m not contributing to it. There’s a baby developed a superb body if I had three kahan se le aur paade kahan se. 1.4 crore)—a territory that normally born every 30 seconds or something, months, but squeezing it into 15 days Main aage aur peeche dono responds well only to romantic dramas. right? But seriously I feel happy that a can be harmful. Also, as you grow older, dekh sakta hoon. In the US, it has made $1.4 million (Rs film I selected is something people your metabolic rate slows down. 6.4 crore) in the first six days. liked. I hope that never goes wrong. Q.You seem to have become far Khan, recuperating in New Jersey, Q.What’s the secret of your more serious about your work now. USA, after a complicated surgery, has success? You have to be. Ticket prices have already got permission from doctors to I no longer do a film for the wrong start working out for his next film, Ek reasons. I have to be convinced ethically Tha Tiger, an international espionage and morally. Both the director and I drama for which Yash Raj Films is pay- have to be on the same page. There are ing him a fee of Rs 32 crore. He plays a just five songs in most films these days RAW agent to Katrina Kaif’s ISI operative. and they have to be amazing. There has READY,June 2011 Both are working undercover and ex- to be a twist in the screenplay. The Zindagi main teen cheez kabhi pectedly fall in love, and retire to live editing has to be crisp. Your hard work increased. Your fans expect something. underestimate nahin karna: I, me happily ever after in an unnamed des- should show, but effortlessly. It has to be You can’t let them down. and myself. tination, but not before saving India a subject people relate to. You have to Q.And you’re more involved? Main modern zamane ka kutta and Pakistan from the brink of war. approach the film like a member of the Yes, I do think of some of the hoon... wooow wooow wooow. The shoot will take the two former audience. When it’s being narrated to lines and jokes. I enjoy the process of off-screen lovers to Dublin, Istanbul you, you should enjoy it. composing music. The first time I hear and Cuba. It’s a change of scene for Q.What are the things you will a song, it has to bring a smile to my lips. BODYGUARD,August 2011 Mujhpe ek ehsaan karna ki mujhpe Khan, but he’s made sure it has the key never do in a movie? You have to tap your feet and be able to koi ehsaan na karna.