First
it
was
Ranbir
Kapoor
who
had
his
torso/abs
contoured
and
hand-painted
during
Saawariya
by
his
ever-helpful
co-star
Salman
Khan.
Now
it
is
Sonu
Sood
who
got
the
same
personal
attention
from
Salman
.While
shooting
the
tricky
bare-bodied
climactic
combat
scene
in
Wai
for
Dabangg,
Salman
personally
supervised
his
screen-adversary
Sonu
Sood's
torso
tanning.
Says
Sonu,
"Everyone
knows
when
two
guys
do
an
action
scene
especially
if
they're
bare-chested,
they
work
out
harder
before
the
sequence
to
make
sure
each
one's
body
is
in
the
best
shape." Salman
has
not
only
exercised
rigorously
for
the
climactic
fight
but
he
has
also
made
sure
Sonu
Sood
looks
his
best
on
camera.
Says
Sonu,
"We've
been
shooting
the
hand-to-hand
combat
for
a
fortnight
now,
every
day
Salman
has
been
making
sure
I'm
as
comfortable
with
the
action
director
S
Vijayan's
instruction
as
he
is."
He
continues,
"We've
been
shooting
in
the
heat
on
a
set
depicting
a
warehouse
and
our
fight
is
a
free-for-all.
We
first
combat
with
fists
and
then
any
weapon,
instrument,
hard
object
we
can
lay
our
hands
on.
.It's
the
most
dangerous
fight
Salman
and
I
have
done.
Salman
made
sure
I
was
comfortable
and
as
protected
and
safe
as
possible."
Best
of
all,
the
star
gave
Sonu
Sood
a
lotion
to
highlight
and
contour
his
torso
muscles.
Says
Sood,
"It's
a
suntan
lotion
which
makes
the
abs
glisten
on
camera
so
that
your
muscles
look
more
contoured.
Salman
told
me
to
apply
it
and
my
body
looks
better
on
camera
than
ever
before."
Interestingly,
Salman
did
the
same
to
Ranbir
Kapoor
when
the
debutant
shot
the
'Jab
Se
Tere
Naina' number
in
a
towel
for
Saawariya.
In
fact
Salman
was
not
even
required
for
the
Saawariya
song.
He
had
nonetheless
come
on
the
sets
and
personally
painted
Ranbir's
torso
with
the
lotion
before
the
song
was
shot.
That
explains
Ranbir's
contoured
torso
muscles
in
the
towel
song
when
in
fact
he
has
a
wiry
physique.
Says
Sonu
Sood,
"Unlike
Ranbir
who
was
in
a
towel
the
audience
will
see
me
and
Salman
like
two
rustic
Biharis
in
Pyjama
-kurtas.
Salman
plays
a
cop
who
thinks
he's
the
unchallenged
law
of
the
region.
I
challenge
him
to
a
fight.
We
both
slip
off
our
kurtas
and
fight
in
full
public
view.
As
the
fight
gets
more
vicious
the
crowds
are
scared
away
.Only
me
and
Salman
are
left,
fighting.
It's
the
most
realistic
climactic
fight
we've
ever
shot."
Story first published: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 11:55 [IST]