Archive for May, 2008



Last week Zayed Khan and his co-star Sweta Bhardwaj danced with the well-known Turkish belly dancer Tanyeli. And he just can’t get over the experience.

“Tanyeli is a Turkish dancer. And she’s very popular back home. You’ve to see her dance. She’s awesome. And she’s not just talented she’s also a wonderful human being.”

Since Zayed isn’t much of a dancer how did he keep pace with the stupendous ballet dancer? “I wasn’t even trying to keep pace with her. Continue reading ‘Zayed Khan belly danced with Tanyeli’

Gone are the days when a diminutive Salman Khan was shown beating a baddie twice his size. The fights now are among equals.

For the climactic battle in Apoorva Lakhia’s Mission Istanbul, the reed-thin Zayed Khan put on 11 kg and weighed 75 kg for the first time in his life.

All because he had to take on the movie’s bad man Niketan Dheer, who was 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 86 kg. Continue reading ‘Zayed Khan puts on 11 kg for Mission Istanbul’