Sandeepa follows strict diet for ‘Firrkie’

Mumbai, Dec 13 (IANS) Actress Sandeepa Dhar is following a gluten and sugar-free diet for her upcoming film "Firrkie".

Sandeepa will play a model in "Firrkie", which also stars Neil Nitin Mukesh, Karan Singh Grover, Kay Kay Menon and Jackie shroff.

"Since I play a model in the film, it is very important for me to look fit. Luckily, being a dancer helps in staying fit, but in the next schedule, we are shooting some beach sequences which require me to look more toned. So I have changed my workout regime a bit and my trainer has put me on a gluten free and a sugar free diet. So I am off wheat completely," Sandeepa said in a statement.

The actress is off breads and sweets.

"Since I have a major sweet tooth, this is turning out to be quite a challenge. It is testing my will power to the max," she added.

The first schedule of the film was shot in London.

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Growing up as fauji grandchild taught me discipline: Diana

Actress Diana Penty, whose grandfather served in the Indian Army's Gorkha regiment, says it helped her to learn the importance of discipline.

"My grandfather served in the Indian Army's Gorkha Regiment. He would tell us stories of the skill and valour of the Gorkhas and how they were amongst the most feared soldiers in the world. Growing up as a fauji grandchild taught me discipline and to respect others," Diana said in a statement.

She said coming from an army background also instilled a sense of love and pride for the country and the armed forces.

"In fact, the first thing that my grandfather taught me as a little child was how to salute. And that I should salute every jawaan that I passed by as a mark of respect. Today, I continue to salute the brave men and women in uniform who protect our borders and keep us safe at the risk of their own lives," she said.

Diana is currently busy with her next "Parmanu - The Story Of Pokhran", based on the successful nuclear tests conducted in Pokhran, Rajasthan in 1998.

The film also stars John Abraham.

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Big B credits his style to mother

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says it was his mother Teji Bachchan who gave him his sense of fashion and style.

Amitabh shared a photograph of his himself along with his mother on Instagram, and captioned it: "Ma and Me. Very early 1950s. Mother gave me all my fashion and style senses. This the first suit she made me wear, tie and all, for an event in Allahabad. Those sensibilities never changed."

At 75, Amitabh is known among the best dressed actors of Hindi cinema.