Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Bollywood bodyguards reveal life beside the stars

MUMBAI: They are an essential part of every Bollywood star entourage, under the guidance of their every move slowly and keep an over-eager fans and celebrity-obsessed media, muscular arm. Now, more and more number of bodyguards working in a Hindi-language film stars have taken the limelight to talk about his duties as the new movie is released on. The focus is on well-built Sikh nicknamed Shera (Tiger), which has been operating a hero Salman Khan half of the last 15 years, and is accompanying him on promotional tours for Khan's new film "The Bodyguard". "If someone fires the bullet for him, and I'm standing in front of him to sacrifice his life for him. I love him so far," broad-Shera, who is in his early 40s, told reporters this week. "Over the past 15 years, Salman bhai has done a lot for me," he added. "Bhai" is Hindi for "brother" and is often used between close friends. The feeling is constructive Khan, Kareena Kapoor who plays the bodyguard for the movie remake of the Malayalam language film of the same name in 2010 Shera Singh Jolly, a gourmet line of name-Khan has been the best of times and worst of times, including drunk driving and when Khan was held in 2002 killing of endangered animals Week 2006 In a sign of his loyalty, Khan decided to use the badge and uniforms Shera's own company, Tiger security: the film, despite several lucrative offers of the leading private security companies. "I believe Shera completely with my entire life, be it my money or even your wife," joked 45-year-old actress recently.

"If he ever decides to write a biography of me, I'm ready. He is a man that I fear most, because he knows everything about me."

Bollywood stars to inspire a fanatic following in India, which is why so many security guards claim agent or a personal stylist.

While most fans are well behaved, Kashinath Karmatkar, who runs a mega star Amitabh Bachchan, said some may exit sign.

"How many times have the fans go crazy when they see the stars face to face and they're trying to approach them closely," he said, the public event "bodyguard".

"It is at this time we have to be very careful to avoid approaching the actor, and at the same time, we see that the fans can not be hurt by their conduct."

Hearthrobs actor John Abraham says that she is rarely mobbed in Mumbai and is left to get on with your daily routine. But that's another story elsewhere in India.
"I once walked into the ATM and could not come up in Jaipur," he wrote in his website last year.

"By the time I was finished, was very devoted to the ATM Rajput guard who tried to protect me from a very noisy mob of followers."

Female fans have even pinched and scratched him elsewhere, he said.

Bachchan, the star of one of the hits in 1970, has long been used by bodyguards, who are working so closely with the actors, they often feel part of the family.

"Big B" is still a huge following on a regular basis with the hordes of fans camping outside her home just north of Mumbai catch a glimpse of him.

But the trend really took off only in the 1990s, where underworld figures trying to create a stranglehold on the industry and the actors, producers and directors often received threats.

Bollywood is now largely unarmed bodyguards working crowd control, which comes with a bonus stars at home and abroad.

Men like Yuvraj Ghorpade, who left school at age 16 with low qualifications, work has given him undreamed-of opportunities.

"The future is dark for me, as I was doing odd jobs to survive, I decided to join the Ace Security nine years ago," said Ghorpade, who is interested in his teens as a bodybuilder and is now in his 30s.

"Today, I am for the bodyguard (actor producer and director), Aamir Khan and many of my friends are jealous that I roam with such a big celebrity of all time."



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