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Prithviraj acquires six-pack abs for 'Aiyya' songs

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Produced by Anurag Kashyap, 'Aiyyaa' stars Rani Mukherjee and Prithviraj in the lead.

Rani plays the role of a Marathi girl who falls in love with a Malayali boy, played by Prithviraj.

"I have got six pack abs for this film. Director Sachin Kundalkar gave me this brief that I would have two-sided scenes. In the scenes of the film I play this character Surya... He is the most unassuming kind of a guy and who does not care how he turns out. And in the songs Surya is the object of Meenakshi's (Rani's character) fantasy... He is her object of desire," Prithviraj said.

 

"So in the song, it has the cliched things about a ideal man's body and I had to achieve that.

"I was on strict diet regime for four-five months. I am thankful to my director and producer Anurag for shooting the scenes first and giving me time to get into shape for the songs," he said.

He did not have any problem delivering the dialogue in Hindi, he said. "I can read and write in Hindi. I was kind of comfortable saying the dialogues in Hindi."

  

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First Published: Sep 13 2012 | 8:25 PM IST

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