John will host one episode of the show that will be aired on STAR Plus Sunday. He will be accompanied by popular TV actress Rakshanda Khan on the episode where action star Akshay Kumar will feature as the showstopper.

Akshay will be performing with actors like Arjun Rampal, Vivek Oberoi, Fardeen Khan, Ronit Roy, Rohit Roy, Shabbir Ahluwalia and Aamir Ali in the show for which 52 actors have come together to raise funds for needy artists.

Akshay Kumar arrived in a helicopter from the airport near Tirupati around 4 pm and spent about 45 minutes at the Ameen Peer dargah, locally known as Pedda dargah.

“Not many would get an opportunity to come here. I am the privileged one. I am happy to come here,” the 42-year-old actor told reporters after paying obeisance.

Ameen Peer dargah was founded by Khwaja Peerullah Hussaini who was a lineage to Prophet Mohammed. Followers of the dargah believe that any wish that one makes at the shrine is always fulfilled.

Music maestro and Oscar award winner A R Rehaman is a frequent visitor to the shrine.

The actress’ latest tattoo is a bold etching of the words ‘I Am’ on her right wrist, which she says is a proud declaration of her own identity. “I love tattoos. I have three on the arms but the fourth one I cannot show you. They are all permanent and I think I will add more to them,” Sushmita told PTI

Actor Sanjay Dutt sports not one, but multiple tattoos on his forearms, which includes names of his parents and his current wife Manyata.
In fact, Sanju got inspired from our very own Saif Ali Khan, who got the name of his girlfriend Kareena tattooed on his arm.

That’s not all, Saif also managed to inspire Deepika Padukone, who had got the initials of her then beau Ranbir Kapoor etched on her nape.
Actor Akshay Kumar has a tattoo of his son Araav’s name on his back.

Your mother is living in India?
Yes. I needed her soon after arriving here because I was going through a tough time.

Any memories from your time in London?
During the time that I lived in London, I felt like I did not fit into English society. I was in a horrible college. It was at that time of my life when I was wondering what to do.

So you don’t like England much?
Oh, don’t get me wrong. My grandparents are still there. They live in Bath. The shopping scene is great there.

Do you like Indian or British food?
Now, I’m used to Indian cuisine. England has nice restaurants though. Three of my sisters still live there. They all work in London. It’s a great place. I really like it for a while but then I want to return to Mumbai because I miss the confusion and madness, which one doesn’t get in London.

Is Mumbai better than London?
For me, it is for sure. Life in England is so lonely for many. I connect more with my Indian side.

Is the modelling industry different here?
Completely! I think different cultures have different standards of beauty and the way I was accepted and admired here was unlike anything I got there.

Are you still in touch with Kaizad Gustad?
No.

Do you miss your sisters?
Terribly, I wish all my six sisters could live in India. Three are in London, one in Mexico and two in America. One of my sisters — Isabel — is trying to become an actress. She’s studying at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York.

You’re paired opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. Was there any difference acting opposite a young actor like him as compared to Akshay Kumar?
One learns a lot while working with senior actors but it’s more like cut-to-cut work. But if I hadn’t worked with these actors at the beginning of my career, I wouldn’t have improved and learnt the technical aspects of filmmaking, which is useful to an actor. Now, I find it fun to work with someone my own age because they don’t yell at me for doing something.

What’s Rajneeti about?
It’s an interpretation of the Mahabharata. I’m not portraying Sonia Gandhi in it.

Did you attend Jessica Simpson’s party?
No, why should I? She’s just another American actress. People make such a big deal about them.

Are you meeting Danny Boyle?
What’s the point? It’s not like I’m waiting for him to launch me in one of his films.

Think The Deep in 1977 or the more recent Into The Blue. You combine the dangers of the deep sea with untold riches lying beneath the shifting sands with women in various stages of undress and men who will kill to get their hands on the gold. This isn’t rocket science but debutant director Anthony D’Souza just can’t seem to get his hands around it.

Anthony has a drop-dead gorgeous location, the Bahamas; some beautiful underwater shots; nicely done motor-cycle chases; and Lara Dutta looking like a million bucks but none of this hangs together because he doesn’t have a script. Sanjay plays Sagar, a skilled diver with a laughably large paunch, who lives in the Bahamas
. He befriends Aarav, played by Akshay, who is rich and obsessed with finding the treasure lying in a sunken ship called Lady in Blue.

Sagar looks lethargic and grossly unfit but he is apparently the only diver in the world who can unearth the treasure. He refuses to do so because his father died in a diving accident on the ship. However when his younger brother gets entangled with some bad guys in Bangkok, Sagar has to reconsider his decision and retrieve the treasure. In the first 15 minutes of the film, Anthony establishes that all his heroes are Alpha Males – Aarav and Sagar wrestle a shark and the younger brother burns up the Bangkok roads on his bike. And just in case you still don’t get the super-cool attitude, Aarav declares: Duniya ka sabse bada nasha: risk. But the whole first half of the film is just the set up.

Nobody goes near the ship. And when they eventually do, they find the treasure with such ease, that you wonder why nobody else did it before them. Incidentally the chest has been lying underwater for over 50 years but the gold is still strikingly shiny.

The film’s absolute lack of logic is compounded by the low IQ dialogue. In the middle of a murderous gun battle, Lara Dutta screams at Sanjay: Kya Kar Rahe Ho. Baat Cheet Se Har Baat Solve Ho Sakti Hai. The actors supposedly went through intensive training for the under-water sequences but on ground, they seem to be on a paid vacation. Akshay, sporting a grey goatee, grins madly but at least he is in shape.

Sanjay sleep-walks through the role, perhaps hoping that viewers won’t notice the bulge beneath the wetsuit. Zayed spends a lot of time with his face hidden behind a motorcycle helmet, which is just as well because his emoting needs serious work. Clearly Anthony D’Souza has ambition. He set out to give Indian audiences a new type of exotic thriller. But he got so busy orchestrating the king-sized stars, the equally big sharks and the blinding bling of the film that he forgot the basic connective tissue: the script.

Blue is all washed up. See it if you must. Source: ndtv.com