New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Bollywood star Akshay Kumar has replaced Salman Khan as the face of innerwear brand Dollar Club and the company plans to spend about Rs.25 crore on the ad campaigns.

"Dollar Industries is tipped to spend up to Rs.25 crore for the campaign in the next one year. The new commercials featuring Akshay Kumar are likely to hit the air in the first week of February," said Krishan Gupta, director of Dollar Industries Ltd, in a press statement.

Akshay says this will be his first endorsement in the knitted innerwear segment.

"This is going to be my first endorsement in the knitted innerwear segment. I am happy to be associated with Dollar Innerwear because there is a perfect fit between Dollar and me, since the brand stands for style of the future generation and I have been always a style statement for younger generation," he said.

The actor will soon be going to a foreign locale to shoot a TV commercial for the brand.

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Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Akshay Kumar, who will participate in the Olympic Torch Relay Thursday in Toronto, keeps telling himself not to drop the torch.

"I just keep telling myself one thing over and over again, 'No matter what happens, Akshay, don't drop that torch. Naak kat jayegi.' It'd be so embarrassing. I'd never be allowed to come back to Canada," Akshay told IANS before leaving for Toronto.

Akshay was busy shooting for Priyadarshan's "Khatta Meetha" and had to take permission from him to attend the gala event.

"I had to ask my director for a few days off from his tight schedule of 'Khatta Meetha'. He kindly agreed. Now I'm very very excited to be part of something as prestigious as the Olympics. I just feel the whole experience will be truly inspiring. I think this is one of the biggest happenings in my life," he said.

Akshay worked round the clock to beat the deadline for his departure.

"Only when I go home in the night do I allow myself the luxury of feeling tired. On 17th I run with the torch. Then I return to Canada again to see some of the Olympics sports. I wouldn't miss it for the world."

But the actor has one regret before he left that his son Aarav couldn't accompany him.

"It was just for a day. And I somehow managed to squeeze it into my schedule. For Aarav, it'd be too tiring. If I was going for at least five-six days, I'd have taken my wife (Twinkle Khanna) and son."

The torch for the 2010 Winter Olympics will be in Toronto from Dec 17 to 19. The 2010 Winter Games shall be held at Vancouver Feb 12-28

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Sajid Nadiadwala’s Kambakkht Ishq, Co-Produced by Sunil A. Lulla - Executive Director and President, India for Eros International and Directed by Sabbir Khan.

Akshay Kumar stars in Kambakkht Ishq with supporting performances by Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh and Denise Richards.

Akshay Kumar, India’s A-List Bollywood actor continues to be in a unique league of his own bridging the gap between Indian cinema and its western counterpart Hollywood.

In his position as global ambassador for Indian cinema, Akshay will play the male lead in Sajid Nadiadwala’s Kambakkht Ishq, Co-Produced by Sunil A. Lulla - Executive Director and President, India for Eros International and Directed by Sabbir Khan. “Kambakkht Ishq” signifies the first ever Indian film to feature both Indian stars and major Hollywood talent on one cinematic canvas. Akshay Kumar is joined by other Indian top-ranking artists Kareena Kapoor, Amrita Arora and Aftab Shivdasani with special guest appearances by Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh and Denise Richards.

Much of the dialogue thus far on Hollywood amalgamating with Indian cinema has been ‘behind the scenes’ however “Kambakkht Ishq” celebrates the ‘on screen’ synergy between the artists themselves. Setting a whole new benchmark in the arena of international cinema, “Kambakkht Ishq” is also the first ever Indian film to be shot at Hollywood’s Universal Studios, LA.

“Kambakkht Ishq” is not the first time Akshay has taken Indian cinema global. Last year, his home production, “Singh is Kinng”, re-wrote Indian film history as breaking the biggest Box Office opening across US, UK, Middle East and India at that time. The film featured a unique collaboration between Akshay and hip-hop superstar Snoop Dogg, for the title track and music video for the film. Akshay has also collaborated with international singing superstar, Kylie Minogue, who has recorded several music tracks for his 2009 underwater thriller, “Blue”, and also has a pivotal role in the film. Kylie recorded her scenes, as well as the music video for the title track, with Akshay in Mumbai in March 2009. The music has been composed by double Oscar winner A.R. Rahman (of “Slumdog Millionaire” fame).

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Kareena – Akshay set to sizzle screens this summer

Mumbai 26th March 2009: Eros International will be unveiling the first look of its highly awaited film KAMBAKKHT ISHQ, a co-production with Sajid Nadiadwala. The trailer will accompany Eros’ Aa Dekhen Zara, which is releasing this Friday, March 27, 2009.

Scheduled to release this summer, the Akshay Kumar – Kareena Kapoor starrer, directed by Sabbir Khan is already creating a huge buzz and promises to be one of the biggest entertainer to hit screens this year.

An exciting ‘chemistry’ between a dashing stuntman in Hollywood who lives by the mantra ‘women are only good for…’ and a firebrand model who can more than stare down the most arrogant male with her caustic wit and sardonic tongue, Kambakkht Ishq creates a perfect premise for a thrilling battle of the sexes.

Eros is highly focused on Kambakkht Ishq - an exciting marriage between the east and the west, a romantic comedy and action with Hollywood favorites Sylvester Stallone, Brendan Routh and Denise Richards playing interesting roles in the film as well.

Expect the unexpected - watch this fantastic introduction to the upcoming Kambakkht Ishq in a theatre near you and see what happens when action meets attraction.

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Bolywood star Akshay Kumar's recent unbuttoning act at the Lakme Fashion Week show in Mumbai has ended him landing in trouble.

A social activist is learnt to have filed a complaint against the actor for his alleged 'obscene act' when the actor asked his wife, Twinkle Khanna to unbutton his jeans while walking the ramp.

Police has said that an inquiry would be held and found guilty , case would be registered against the actor and the organisers.  
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Name of the Movie: Flash Forward
Produced by: Vipul Shah
Stars: Akshay Kumar (Dual role)
Genre: Thriller
Expected Release: 2008
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The Priyadarshan-directed movie, is a psycho thriller and is based on the subject which has never been taken up by any director on the screen, Akshay Kumar says. "I mean when we switch on any channel of TV we get to listen lots of stories related to ghosts, witches and supernautral powers. We have grown up listening such stories. My film is an attempt to spread an awareness that there is no existence of ghosts and what most of us believe is our superstition. The film is being released on October 12, he says. "It is not a comedy as some people are guessing it to be after watching the promos on television channels," he says. "The film is actually a tug of war between the superstition and science and an attempt to educate people about superstition," he says. "Log babon ke pass jaatey haien, jisko problem hai usko peeta jaata hai (people visit quacks and the one who is suffering is beaten). I think in an educated society such things needs to be stopped," Akshay Kumar says. The film was extensively shot in Rajasthan especially in Jaipur. Rajasthan's picturesque locales have always appealed filmmakers and in our story we need backdrop of Rajasthan.

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