Oh my. We have been neglecting Tamil cinema - and esp the hunks on that star in it. Check out the awesome bod on Jayaram Ravi in this clip here. Closest to a full butt shot. The body's wow. He used to be a pudgy, big fella, but now, whoaa! hot.
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South Indian cinema has lots of great actors but.. mostly non-gym bodies. Glad the trend is changing.
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Originally posted at http://shirtlessbollywoodmen.blogspot.in/
South Indian cinema has lots of great actors but.. mostly non-gym bodies. Glad the trend is changing.
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'Jayam'Ravi is quite a good looking dude and dances very well. He has the advantage of a broad frame--- tall and big made, with powerful shoulders and arms. But as you said, he's also generally been pudgy. Lots of flab around the belly, some softness around his pecs, too.
ReplyDeleteHe used to come over to a well known gym chain in Chennai to work out. Especially in preparation for movies like this one--Peranmai--where he had to go shirtless on screen and therefore needed to shed bulk/ hone up his physique. Used to bring his personal trainer along as well.
He used to keep flexing and striking poses and studying himself in the locker room mirror, to see the results of his workouts. :-) His upper body was very impressive, plus he also used to have a nice crop of torso hair, more than he's showing in the pics here.
The running battle he used to have was with his paunch....his trainer used to mention how Ravi was never quite disciplined in regard to his diet. A major, major foodie, apparently, who liked his beers as well on occasion. :-)
Have seen him in the pool/ jacuzzi/ steam room as well and....not to sound snarky, but his bulge seemed rather modest for a guy of that size. Not sayin' it was tiny, just that one would have thought such a big, burly dude would have been better endowed. Perhaps it was the adipose tissue on his belly which made it seem smaller by comparison, or maybe he was just a grower (hopefully). ;-) ;-)
Hey, please give more details about this. Or anybody else who knows something about it. And what was he wearing in the sauna/ jacuzzi/ pool? Was it underwear? Briefs? So he didn’t mind appearing like that in front of others??
DeleteThis was in a very well known gym chain in Chennai. Ravi used to visit both the Alwarpet & Adyar branches, more often the former. In the Pool- used to wear comfy fit swim trunks, never speedos (they wouldn't suit him anyway, as he generally used to have a slight to moderate paunch). While using the steam room/ sauna / jacuzzi in the gent's locker room- used to be in his briefs (mostly), sometimes boxer briefs. Normal Jockey poco/ elance type fits, never anything too daring like a string bikini. Same while flexing in front of the mirror in the locker room, to check if his workout had beefed up his muscles :-) Generally while in the steam room/ sauna he'd also wrap a towel around his waist, and while walking out back to the locker room, he would untie it and wipe himself down, so he would be just in his briefs. The timings he used to visit the gym, there usually weren't too many other people in the locker room. 5--7 max, apart from him and his trainer - so he didn't really feel very bashful/conscious. Plus I do think he wanted to show off his physique a bit- As I said earlier, he had very impressive pecs, shoulders and arms - but he never could quite summon enough discipline to keep his body fat % low for long. He'd shed weight around his waist after a lot of struggle, only to have his beer belly develop again after a particularly high profile movie shooting was over. Unfortunately though, his bulge always seemed kinda smaller than one would expect, proportional to the large, beefy dude he is. Like I said, maybe this was owing to his rather thick waist/ somewhat flabby abs. Not sure.
DeleteThis is very interesting to know! Must’ve been eye candy when he was younger and almost naked… Do you or anybody here know about any other actor? Anything about suriya or karthi?
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