Bollywood hunk Salman Khan turned nurse for Asin who fell ill while shooting for their upcoming film 'Ready'.

The actor who is reuniting with the Southern beauty after their 2009 film 'London Dreams' made sure that she got plenty of rest and ate her medicines on the sets of the film.

"Salman was extremely caring right through the shoot of 'Ready' and especially when I was ill. I caught an infection and even as I continued to shoot, I was on constant medication. Salman made sure that I ate properly, " the actress said.

The 'Dabangg' star kept a constant tab on his leading lady, who was down with an infection during the last days of the film's shoot. Asin's mother, who is a doctor, prescribed her medicine and it was Salman who made sure that she ate them on time.

"In a hectic day of shooting, one tends to forget taking medicines but he was always there to remind me of taking them on time. He forever kept checking that my fever was under control. That was so nice of him, " said the 25-year-old actress.

The actress who debuted in Bollywood opposite Aamir Khan in the 2008 hit 'Ghajini' said that Salman, 45, is a really "cool" co- star. The two stars had been linked in gossip columns while they were shooting 'London Dreams' and after his reported break-up from Katrina Kaif, the stories are circulating again.

"I am fond of Salman. Since we are working together in 'Ready' again, we spend a lot of time together. I understand the value and importance of a comfortable professional relationship and am well aware of how people perceive coming together of two actors, " said the actress.

Courtesy: Mid-Day.com

Salman Khan has roped in a bevy of beauties including his ex-girlfriend Katrina Kaif, co-star like Priyanka Chopra and his good friend Karisma Kapur to walk the ramp to add zing to his "Being Human" show Saturday at the HDIL Couture Week.

Others who will scorch the runway are Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Priety Zinta, Rani Mukerji and Sushmita Sen. All these beauties will be decked up in Manish Malhotra's creations and coveted diamond jewllery by Forevermark.

The theme for the show is "Fashion Throughout the Ages" and jewellery designer Mona Mehta will present her collection Almas.

"We are especially pleased to be supporting 'The Being Human show' at this year's HDIL Couture Week. The theme of timelessness is a perfect fit for the enduring beauty of Forevermark diamonds but also as a brand that stands for quality and integrity. We are hugely proud to be supporting the Salman Khan Foundation with its twin causes of education and healthcare," Binita Cooper, MD, Forevermark India, said in a statement.

The show will also mark the curtain raiser to the retail launch of Forevermark, which will be available through partnerships with leading jewellers across India.

Last year it was all guys for Salman as he had teamed up with stars like Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt for the show.

Are you overwhelmed by the super success of ' Dabangg'?
You bet. To say that we were not sure about its runaway success would not be correct. But you never know what lies in store.

On our part we had tried to put everything straight; the script, the theme bordering on the rustic milieu, the treatment, the huge production value in lieu with new debut making heroine Sonakshi Sinha and a new director Abhinav Kashyap to hold the entire directorial reigns.

I am making a reference as ' We' because it may sound clichéd but yes it was our entire team's kadi mehnat.

Is it right to give all the credit to Arbaaz Khan, don't you think it's the other way round that your star value has added to the success of ' Dabangg'?
For once I am thankful to you and the entire media for still thinking that I am a star. I am honored. But still frankly and honestly speaking ' Dabangg' was totally Arbaaz's brainchild and he had the guts to go ahead with it and repose his complete faith in me to carry on and live up to his and the director's and the complete team's expectation.

What according to you is the USP of ' Dabangg'?
The USP of ' Dabangg' I think everything. But let me be modest enough to claim that it was my role of a corrupt police officer Chulbul (Robin Hood) Pandey's, with shades and tinge of comic interludes, characterization that has done the trick.

Aur thodasa credit main apni moochon ko bhi dena chahoonga (I would like to give a little bit of credit to the moustache..) which I have sported in the movie. But I don't remember it if I have done it for the first time or after a long, long time.

Then of course the other USP of ' Dabangg' is the Bindaas direction of Abhinav Kashyap, the high voltage foot tapping music and songs scored by Sajid – Wajid whom I always consider as my lucky mascots since ' Muhjse Shaadi Karogi?' days.

I don't think the audiences will forget Malaika's item song ' Munni Badnaam Hui Darling Tere Liye!' in a hurry. Not to forget my darling heroine Sonakshi Sinha who came across as such a natural and ' Dabangg', this literally means a powerful – hardcore – rough - tagda - majboot, performer. She has literally lived up to my film's title ' Dabangg' with very few dialogues and just the expression conveyed through her badi badi jheel si aankhen.

Moving away from 'Dabangg' to something a little more... shall we say... spicy? Why do you think you have this love and hate relationship with the media?
Main kahoonga ki iske liye bhi aap log hi zimmedaar hai! Sach bataoon toh... (I'd say that you guys are responsible for this too! To tell you the truth...) I hate the media only when they sometimes or rather always put me on the wrong footing.

But I also love the media because they always help me to promote my upcoming films so well that sometimes they become blockbusters and here I am not talking about my films like ' Veer' but my films like ' Dabangg'.

Fair enough. So is it that controversies follow you wherever you go or you fall into controversies by being at the wrong place at the wrong time?
Don't you think you media guys are responsible for this part of my life too? The media always labels me, tags me with varied epithets like destiny's favorite controversial child, temperamental star et al and the height of atrocity is that they also have the guts to call me media's favorite whipping boy! But never mind that. First of all let me clear a few myths that have been nonchalantly attributed to me.

For i.e. my temperamental mood swings or my so called aversion to interact with the media. To the first I would say that regardless of any consequences, every creatively involved person is moody and so am I.

But that certainly does not mean that I am a typical ' Khadoos', a colloquial word for 'arrogant' in a typical Bambaiyya language. It's just that I am very reserved and fail to open up very fast.

But my near and dear ones, my co-stars and my friends will vouch for the fact that I am the biggest prankster, a jovial person, a cool dude, yet very reluctant to share even breathing space with strangers, and yes, sometimes even my fans become the victims of my aloofness.

To the second I would say that I never hated the media and neither do they hate me. In fact, I am highly indebted to them, as whenever I have highly deserved it, I have unfailingly got my overdue share of their critical appreciation too. But, of course, we are always at loggerheads as far as my personal life is concerned.

In this regard I would say that I have been manipulated and even duped. Whenever I have bared my heart and my soul in good faith I have always ended up getting misquoted with facts distorted beyond redemption. So what's the point? I feel as at the end of the day they write what they want.

Recently Ahmed Khan, the choreographer, narrated a very humorous incident regarding the Filmfare Awards, which made me believe that quite like Aamir Khan, even you have an allergy as far as Award Ceremonies are concerned?
I not only have an aversion towards awards but also towards stage shows. I am not very comfortable strutting around my wares on stage or even dancing away to my topless glory in all those award functions where they never gave me an award, not even a consolation trophy even once.

Just kidding! But I still do perform in award ceremonies. And when they try to offer me a trophy now as part of a performing act, I refuse point blank to do so as I believe and I have more interest in charging them for a performance.

In fact I threaten them mockingly with dire consequences if they offer me a trophy ever again by adding that if they have spare ones please send me half a dozen so that I can change all the door knobs of my house.

Do you miss the people who have gone out of your life or with whom you have had a fall out with?
I don't want to talk about people who have gone out of my life. I have had a major fall out only with Shah Rukh Khan with whom I am never going to reconcile. Yes! The twain shall never meet... Besides, he was not my girlfriend so why should I ever miss him?

Controversy seems to be second nature to Salman Khan. The star, whose latest film "Dabangg" has set the cash registers ringing, stoked a row with his remark that the 26/11 attack attracted "too much hype" as only "elite people were targetted". Salman has apologised for his comments, which he said were "twisted".

"The interview has been twisted. I saw it myself, the way it is coming across on TV, it is sounding insensitive. I was just saying life is equal for both rich and poor, some attacks get more media coverage and some don't. Why is that? Every human life is important, " Salman, 44, told Aaj Tak news channel.

"Any attack or terrorist attack in the world is unpardonable. A terrorist has no nationality, no religion and no guts. I have complete faith in our intelligence agencies. I've always had faith in our police and armed forces. I did not want to hurt anybody's sentiments and if I have hurt anybody's sentiments then I am really, really sorry, " he added.

His father Salim Khan and brother Arbaaz came out in his defence, insisting that Salman is not "articulate and political" and one should "understand the intent behind his remarks".

In an interview to Pakistani channel Express TV, Salman said: "Too much hype has been created around the 26/11 attacks because elite people were targetted. Attacks have happened in trains and small towns too, but no one talked about it so much."

He also said: "Everybody knows that the Pakistani government was not behind it and it was a terrorist attack. Our security had failed. We have had lot of attacks earlier, and all of them were not from Pakistan. They were from within."

Salman's father Salim Khan, a well-known scriptwriter, said his son "should not" have made the remarks and should apologise, but added that Salman is not "articulate and political" and it could have been a "wrong choice of words".

"Whatever I've heard, he should not have said that. It is wrong... He is not a very articulate person or a political person. It could have been the wrong choice of words, " Salim, 74, told Aaj Tak news channel.

Actor-producer Arbaaz Khan defended his brother saying: "Whatever Salman said was just his opinion and he had no intention of hurting anybody's sentiments."

Meanwhile, Salman wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter.com: "Every human life has equal value and any act of terror, anywhere in the world is unpardonable, be it 9/11 or 26/11."

"Next time mein apne sub interview khud bhi record karoonga, kya bolte ho? Takeh yeh sub controversies nahi ho (Next time, I will record all my interviews myself. So that such controversies can be avoided)."

This is not the first time the actor, described as the "enfant terrible" of Bollywood, has run into trouble. His first brush with controversy was when his car ran into a bakery in Mumbai on Sep 28, 2002, killing one person sleeping on the pavement outside the shop and injuring three others. However, he escaped the charges of culpable homicide for rash and negligent driving.

He had to spend time in a Jodhpur jail in 2007 for hunting the endangered chinkara deer near Jodhpur on Sep 28, 1998 while filming Sooraj Barjatya's blockbuster "Hum Saath Saath Hain".

He was also reported to have slapped a television journalist for asking nosy questions about his relationship with Aishwarya Rai when the two were supposed to be a couple.

Now his comments on 26/11 evoked strong protests and condemnation from political leaders who termed them "unwarranted and irresponsible".

"We strongly condemn Salman Khan's unwarranted and irresponsible comments and that too to a Pakistani channel. How can he say only the elite were targeted?

Is he not aware of the common people killed at the railway station and also the security forces? Moreover he has no right to give the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) and the Pakistani government a clean chit... He should immediately apologise, " BJP spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain told.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan too slammed the comments, saying: "The conspiracy was hatched in Pakistan. There is no room for his or anyone else's opinion when the court's verdict is out".

The opposition Shiv Sena also condemned the comments. Congress spokesperson Anant Gadgil dismissed Salman's comments as baseless.

Public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said: "Salman's comments are illogical and an actor shouldn't have commented on terror attacks in this manner. The terror attacks can't be classified on the basis of caste and religion."

The Nov 26-29, 2008 attack left 166 people dead as 10 terrorists from Karachi conducted a coordinated shooting and bombing attack across south Mumbai.

If you think you have figured out all about Bollywood relationships, think again, you might be wrong. Bollywood Hunk Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif are really confused about their relationship status and continue to perplex the media with their conflicting stories from time to time.

Barely a week had gone by since Salman Khan broke up with Katrina Kaif and the “confused couple” was found chatting with each other in a vanity van at Film City. Sources suggest that the 'Tees Maar Khan' director Farah Khan was also present in the van.

Katrina was shooting for her upcoming flick with Farah Khan and Akshay Kumar and since Salman was in the vicinity, she called him over for 15 minutes. Salman acted like the perfect gentleman and invited Katrina, Farah and Akshay for the special screening of Dabangg.

One of Katrina's confidante said that the couple are friends and they meet with each other from time to time but not as a couple.

We can safely assume that the celebrated couple are taking a break from their relationship and weighing out other options. The source further confirmed that Salman and Katrina are really unsure if they should just split up or continue with their relationship. Let's hope they take things easy and come up with the right decision.

Salman is not interested in Katrina, Deepika Padukone Deepika wants nowSalman wants the remake of The Bodyguard southern Buzz is that Atul Agnihotri remake of the movie Bodyguard south with the brother of Salman Khan will star Deepika Padukone. Katrina Kaif was Atul first choice, but feels Sallu Om Shanti Om girl is best suited for this role. A source said: "Salman is keen to work with Deepika. He believes they will look good on screen. When Atul suggested that the name Katrina, saying he shot the project needed a new pair. He saw the original and thought would fit perfectly Deepika's role. "

Both Sallu and Dippy had the opportunity to work together in the past. Star wanted to work with her in Anees Bazmee is ready, but talk fizzled and reached Asin Salman and Kat were last seen together in Yuvvraaj (2008). Although the film does not work at the box office, they have had offers to work together. But the two have chosen not to work against each other. While Salman Khan Zarina signed for its own production Veer, Kat went to a party to sign with Ranbir Kapoor. The source added that the star is rehearsing in Sajid Nadiadwala Zarine Sidekick's. "He wants to sign new talent rather than working with the same faces."

Atul was available for comment. Bodyguard about ... A young man who is attracted to people with heroic qualities and follow them as a bodyguard. But the twist comes when he is hired to accompany her daughter a great businessman in the university as a bodyguard. The film features Malayalam Dileep Bodyguard and Nayantara. The Tamil version is made with Asin and Vijay. Courtesy: Mid-Day.com

If all goes well, then Salman Khan may turn out to be the bodyguard of Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone!

Don't get confused, he is very much into acting and it will be for the sake of a film only. There is a speculation that the Hindi remake of the South Indian director Siddique's Malayalam film Bodyguard, will be cast will Deepika Padukone opposite the Wanted star Salman Khan.

The Malayalm version of the film was released in March. The leading South Indian director Siddique wrote and directed the film himself.

The story of the film deals with a young man, who gets attracted to people, with heroic qualities and follows them like a bodyguard. But, the interesting twist comes when he is hired to accompany a businessman's gorgeous daughter to college as a real bodyguard.

In the Malayalam version of Bodyguard, South Indian actors Dileep and Nayantara were in the lead roles. Currently, the director is busy with the Tamil version of the film, which stars Asin and the South superstar Vijay.

Many other filmmakers approached Siddique but only Atul Agnihotri managed to get the rights for the Hindi version of the film. Siddique will take up the role of the director and writer in the Hindi version after completing the Tamil one.

Salman Khan has confirmed playing the lead role but Deepika is not sure yet. Atul informed that they were still working on the script. He added, “We are still completing other important tasks before we decide on signing the actors.”

Atul said that the shooting of the film will commence on December 6 in Ranikhet.

Salman Khan is Bollywood's original six pack hero. His body hasn't even lost its sheen despite being 45 years old. It still remains the same with women ogling at it and the men wanting to be like him.

Salman Khan is dedicated to his body and does not lose out on even a day's training.

When he was currently shooting in Wai for the film Dabanng opposite debutante Sonakshi Sinha, the bad boy didn't miss out on the chance to tone his already perfectly toned body, even though there were no gym facilities. Smart hunk that he is, he came up with a new routine- Walking.

The fitness freak Salman chose to walk all the way from his hotel to the shooting location every day.

Well Salman does set a great example of being dedicated and humble toward his fitness regime. As he grows older Salman just gets better-n- better.

Katrina Kaif, who usually remains tight-lipped about her relationship with actor Salman Khan, says the star always guided her and genuinely believed she would join the big league in Bollywood one day.

"Salman had been always there, more than anything to guide because I didn't know anything about the industry. What would remain special in my mind is that from the very beginning Salman told me that I will achieve this success in the industry. And at that point it was too far off," Katrina told in an interview.

"That time I couldn't see myself one movie ahead, forget 15 movies ahead. I think that he believed it genuinely," the 25 -year-old actor said.

She entered Bollywood in 2003 with the dud "Boom". Her first big hit was 2005 romantic comedy "Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya" in which she teamed up with Salman. After that she gave a string of hits, including "Namastey London", "Partner", "Welcome", "Singh Is Kinng" and critically acclaimed "New York".

But Katrina feels nobody can plan success.

"It's (success) destiny, no one can plan it. There are many people who are connected with the industry because of their father, mother or other family members; still they are not able to achieve what is termed as success in the industry.

"You can come here, make two or three films, your co-stars could be your friends - all this you can plan but you can't plan which film would be successful. The miracle that happened with my life has been the success of my films. Because, had those films not been successful, no one would have done anything for me," said Katrina.

She is now eager to take more responsibilities and do more diverse roles like the one she is doing in Prakash Jha's "Raajneeti', where she plays a politician.

"Till now I have done a genre of films. People have accepted me, loved me and have given me so much support. I never imagined getting so much. But I feel that there are other types of films to do. See other contemporary actors, they have done much more diverse roles.

"People can say that the success ratio of my films has been very, very good, but I still feel people should see me on other kinds of films too...

"May be something like a remake of 'Sita Aur Gita'...In 'Raajneeti', I have more responsibility. But you will have to remember that there I am with six very important guys, all have very important roles," said Katrina.

The actress maintains she always wanted to do something unusual in life.

"I always used to make a world in my head and live in that. I always wanted to be something unusual. Some of the dreams I remember, they may sound stupid - I wanted to be a firefighter, I wanted to be a stunt woman, I wanted to go to NASA. Acting was something to fancy," said Katrina.

After sigining Arbaaz Khan's production ‘Dabang', Salman Khan will now seen in brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri's Hindi version of southern super hit ‘Bodyguard'.

According to the news Boney Kapoor had bought the rights of Bodyguard and wanted Prabhudebva to direct the Hindi version, but Salman asked him to hand over the rights to Atul Agnihotri. Boney obliged the actor's demand with keenness. Siddique, who had directed the original in Malayalam, will also direct the Hindi version.

Talking about the incident, a source told a daily, “Boney did not hesitate to give up remaking ‘Bodyguard'. He loves Salman too much and considers the actor's wish as his command.”

Confirming the news, Boney said, “It's fine if Atul will make it with Siddique. Salman was keen that Atul should make it and I have no issues whatsoever. I have not done anything great. I was simply on the verge of buying the rights of ‘Bodyguard'. Salman is family to me. I love fulfilling all his wishes and will always continue to do so.”

Atul Agnihotri also confirmed that he is making the Hindi version of Bodyguard with Salman.

Sonu Sood is proud of his long nose. But it's now fractured…and two times at that!

The incident happened when he was filming a climax fight scene for his film, Dabbang, with Salman Khan in Wai. While explaining the scene to Salman, a fight master jumped from a height and kicked him on the nose, leaving it bleeding. Sonu had to be rushed to a hospital immediately because of two fractures.

The actor was asked to return to Mumbai but he stood his ground and stayed right there. Within two days, he was back to the sets. Had he left, Salman and about 500 artists would be left with nothing to do on the set.

Sonu has to take painkillers regularly and move around with padding inside his nose. The pain doesn't seem to be bothering him much, but he's worried about the swelling on his nose showing. We don't think Sonu needs to worry about that, not when he lives in the age of Photoshop.

Topless German model and Big Boss contestant Claudia Ciesla was seen at a charity event in Mumbai on Sunday last week, where Salman Khan was present.

According to some press photographers Claudia ciesla walked up to Salman Khan and kissed him. The entire act was a publicity stunt for the media cameras to boost Claudia's falling TRPs as she has been unemployed and out of work after Big Boss.

Apparently Claudia made all the right noises and played to the gallery to attract maximum media attention. She made the most of Salman Khan's presence at the event. Wonder what Salman Khan has to say about such publicity stunts.

According to a press release issued by her Claudia Ciesla of Bigg Boss fame met Bollywood superstar Salman Khan at the Being Human event auction at Trident BKC held in association with a sports management company and TI Cycles to launch India's first ever international cycling event, Mumbai Cyclothon - Tour De Mumbai held at Bandra Reclamation on Sunday, 21st February, 2010.

We wonder what was Claudia doing at this event. Was it for charity or was she promoting herself by linking herself to Salman Khan?

Her press release reads, Claudia, who is just back from Germany went up to Salman Khan and congratulating him and expressing her support in the noble cause that the superstar has been endorsing.

Claudia met Salman for the first time since media reports that linked her to the superstar that surfaced last year.

However, the generous Bade Dilwala superstar displayed his class and his 'bigheartedness' while greeting the German-born actress and also chatting up with her at the Trident BKC event.

Claudia bid farewell to the superstar by giving him a peck on his left cheek that had the superstar blushing away to glory. And Claudia went away gushing with joy at being reunited with her good old friend. Well great PR Claudia, keep it up.

We are all aware of macho man Salman’s fan following, but never before has one heard of a fan who treats Salman Khan as god!

But it seems like the world is full of amazements! We hear a certain fan of Salman keeps a picture of him in his wallet and starts his day by looking at his picture, every single morning!

“A fan of Salman Khan wakes up every morning to Salman’s picture. Funnily enough we’ve heard of people starting their day by looking at god’s picture, but for this fan– Salman is God. His house is like a shrine dedicated to Salman, ” we hear from an eyewitness.

“The fan carries Salman’s picture in his wallet and keeps looking at it throughout the day– Salman is an inspiration to the fan. This guy follows all of Salman’s films avidly, his charitable works and his life in general, ” adds the witness.

We are sure that after knowing about this fan, Salman Khan would be eager to give darshan to him quite literally!

After Kajol, Shahrukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Salman Khan and Katrina now its time for Karan Johar to rag someone else and thus KJo has a whale of a time with John Abraham this week on ‘Lift Kara De’ and so will all the viewers.

Our source form the sets informs, “Karan ragged him about his fabulous abs by saying that he has last time saw john, coming out of the water in yellow shorts.

And that too looked overdressed according to Karan! John is game for all the ragging and John was surprised to see that his yellow shorts have assumed iconic proportions.”

“Most of the fans, who auditioned, came dressed in yellow shorts! If Karan remembers seeing him last time in yellow shorts then John remembers the first time he set eyes on Karan– as a contestant at the ‘Gladrags contest’ where Karan was the judge along with Gauri Khan and Shah Rukh Khan who had draped the sash when he won, ” adds the source.

But the man, whose body sends the adrenaline rushing amongst women, gives the entire credit to Salman Khan. “Salman Khan is the reason for most Indians to go to the gym!”

Katrina Kaif seems to be following in her boyfriend Salman Khan’s footsteps. Salman is known to go rickshaw-hopping in the dead of the night. However, when Katrina was seen getting into a rickshaw on Sunday evening along with her manager.

This happened because Katrina couldn’t find her driver when she came out after the screening of ‘Ishqiya’ at a suburban multiplex.

The show ended at 10.30pm and when Katrina came out, she was unable to locate her car or the driver. She tried calling him but because he was parked in the basement, there were network issues there.

Since Katrina couldn’t stand around waiting, given the number of people that were starting to gather around her, she took quick action and hurriedly got into a rickshaw with her business manager.

Reportedly, the actress really enjoyed the rickshaw ride from Bandra to Andheri.

Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan may be enemies in real life but it seems that they are bonded by controversy created by various sections of society.

Apparently it seem that all is not well with Salman Khan's ambitious film 'Veer' in the pink city of Jaipur as a certain Rajput Sena Karni is opposing its screening.

They have claimed that the film has some scenes that convey misconception about Rajasthan and its people and therefore it has hurt their sentiments. Protesters from Rajput Sena Karni have also stopped the screening of film midway in a theater in Jaipur and have damaged the theatre properties to show agitation.

While, Salman is harassed by Rajput Sena Karnis, the other Khan, Shahrukh is in no less trouble as his statement over including Pakistani players in IPL teams has brewed trouble with the moral police of Shiv Sena.

Shiv Sena's news publication 'Daily Saamana' claims that Shahrukh has no grief over the lives lost in the 26/11 blasts, which were carried out by terrorist from across the border (Pakistan). Therefore Shiv Sainiks in retaliation to SRK's statement set fire to the poster of his upcoming film 'My Name is Khan' and further threatened theatre owners with the dire consequence of setting the theater ablaze if they screen the film.

Salman's movie was already in a pit and this controversy has put a lid on it, while SRK's film is yet to release and it is only a matter of time to see if this controversy becomes a setback for the film or gives publicity.