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When queried about the controversy regarding the films poster being a copy of Dabanng as well as the look of the hero from that film,Ajay laughs it off saying,The only similarity is the vardi uniform. If you see clearly,even look and the moustache is different. So I do not know what the controversy is all about.

Gauging the response that the promos have been getting,Ajay is quite excited about the films fate at the box-office though he has not yet seen the film in its entirety,I saw it during the dubbing and have loved it. So I am very confident, he smiles.

Singham has a new heroine Kajal Aggarwal and Ajay talks fondly of her. She is a confident girl. Rohit and I wanted a fresh face for the film and we happened to watch her Telugu film Magadheera. She was very good in it. The added advantage was that she is from Mumbai and is fluent in Hindi. So we have a combination of a very good actress from South who is based in Mumbai. In her,we found what we wanted in our heroine for Singham.

From the original version,the only actor to be retained is Prakash Raj who plays the villain. Talking about him,Ajay says,It was a fabulous experience working with him. He is such a talented actor that when sharing the screen space with him,he makes the other actor also look good.

Coming back to the director and their inseparable friendship that goes back to past 20 years,the actor says,What do I say about Rohit Shetty? Our bond is so strong that we have been together this long. And we have been very successful as a working team. That says it all.

One of the scenes that is being much-talked about in the film is where Ajay shot in adverse climatic conditions baring his body. It was in Mahabaleshwar where the weather was below zero degree celsius and Ajay had to flaunt his sexy body that he has built specially for this film while he had to shoot inside the chilling water. I did it and enjoyed it. However I was grateful that it was over as I was on a strict diet to make my body since I had to bare it for the scene. And this was not the first time that I was shirtless,I did it in Omkara also, he reminds us.

Ajay is known for pulling pranks along with Rohit on his unit members. When asked who was the target this time,he says,This time we only concentrated on work as we were shooting for 20 hours at a stretch as we wanted to release Singham on July 22 to cash in on the weeks following as well as there are no releases during that time.

Since he has mastered in humour, Ajay is now christened as the master of comedies. So after an action film,the actor is making a round about. He starts work from August 20 on Bol Bachchan,a comedy again with Rohit Shetty. This is the remake of Hrishikesh Mukherjees Golmaal. A lot of changes have been made in the script and though I play the role that was enacted by Utpal Dutt,it will have different shades to it, says the actor who is being teamed with Abhishek Bachchan once again after Zameen in 2003. His David -Dhawan-directed Rascals is to release on October 6. This,again a comedy,has shaped up very well. There is fabulous music and I am totally happy with Rascals, he says of the film where he plays a con man along with Sanjay Dutt and Arjun Rampal. Kangna Ranauat is the heroine.

Priyadarshan-directed Tezz that also stars Anil Kapoor,Mohanlal,Kunal Kapoor and Kangna Ranaut is to release on by the year end or maybe early next year,Ajay states adding that he will be working with Vishal Bhardwaj once again after Omkara. The film,to be produced by Vishal,Ajay and Kumar Mangat,will have Anushka Sharma as the heroine and will take off in January next year. He says that he cannot reveal much at the moment as is the case with another comedy that is being directed by Ashwani Dhir who had made Athithi Tum Kab Jaoge. Then there is Rajkumar Santoshis Power.

2010 was a lucky year for Ajay what with seven releases and three successes to his credit. There was

Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge,Raajneeti,Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai,Aakrosh,Golmaal 3,Toonpur Ka Super Hero and Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji. So what does 2011 hold for him? And Ajay grins,I just have three films this year; Singham,Tezz and Rascals. And I am sure they will also do well. I am hopeful.

From the original version,the only actor to be retained is Prakash Raj who plays the villain. Talking about him,Ajay says,It was a fabulous experience working with him. He is such a talented actor that when sharing the screen space with him,he makes the other actor also look good.

Coming back to the director and their inseparable friendship that goes back to past 20 years,the actor says,What do I say about Rohit Shetty? Our bond is so strong that we have been together this long. And we have been very successful as a working team. That says it all.

One of the scenes that is being much-talked about in the film is where Ajay shot in adverse climatic conditions baring his body. It was in Mahabaleshwar where the weather was below zero degree celsius and Ajay had to flaunt his sexy body that he has built specially for this film while he had to shoot inside the chilling water. I did it and enjoyed it. However I was grateful that it was over as I was on a strict diet to make my body since I had to bare it for the scene. And this was not the first time that I was shirtless,I did it in Omkara also, he reminds us.

Ajay is known for pulling pranks along with Rohit on his unit members. When asked who was the target this time,he says,This time we only concentrated on work as we were shooting for 20 hours at a stretch as we wanted to release Singham on July 22 to cash in on the weeks following as well as there are no releases during that time.

Since he has mastered in humour, Ajay is now christened as the master of comedies. So after an action film,the actor is making a round about. He starts work from August 20 on Bol Bachchan,a comedy again with Rohit Shetty. This is the remake of Hrishikesh Mukherjees Golmaal. A lot of changes have been made in the script and though I play the role that was enacted by Utpal Dutt,it will have different shades to it, says the actor who is being teamed with Abhishek Bachchan once again after Zameen in 2003. His David -Dhawan-directed Rascals is to release on October 6. This,again a comedy,has shaped up very well. There is fabulous music and I am totally happy with Rascals, he says of the film where he plays a con man along with Sanjay Dutt and Arjun Rampal. Kangna Ranauat is the heroine.

Priyadarshan-directed Tezz that also stars Anil Kapoor,Mohanlal,Kunal Kapoor and Kangna Ranaut is to release on by the year end or maybe early next year,Ajay states adding that he will be working with Vishal Bhardwaj once again after Omkara. The film,to be produced by Vishal,Ajay and Kumar Mangat,will have Anushka Sharma as the heroine and will take off in January next year. He says that he cannot reveal much at the moment as is the case with another comedy that is being directed by Ashwani Dhir who had made Athithi Tum Kab Jaoge. Then there is Rajkumar Santoshis Power.

2010 was a lucky year for Ajay what with seven releases and three successes to his credit. There was

Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge,Raajneeti,Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai,Aakrosh,Golmaal 3,Toonpur Ka Super Hero and Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji. So what does 2011 hold for him? And Ajay grins,I just have three films this year; Singham,Tezz and Rascals. And I am sure they will also do well. I am hopeful.