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Extra Shot of Chai!
From Ramp to Reel
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In this episode of Extra Shot of Chai, we’re turning the spotlight on the men who walked so Bollywood’s gym heroes could run, the original models-turned-actors. From John Abraham’s brooding biker charm to Arjun Rampal’s smoldering intensity, Dino Morea’s pretty-boy era, and Milind Soman’s forever “Made in India” glow-up, we’re talking about the golden age of the male supermodel who tried to take over the silver screen.
We’re breaking down who made it big, who faded too soon, and why some of these faces defined an entire aesthetic of early 2000s cool, leather jackets, slow walks, and all. Some found real staying power; others got lost in the spotlight they helped create.
Was it talent, timing, or just great lighting? Grab your chai as we revisit the ramp, the reels, and the men who redefined what it meant to look like a Bollywood hero.
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Money, why does it feel like it's negative 100 degrees outside? It is free zing. Oh my god, what happened?
SPEAKER_02Because like I felt like last week was still like in the 60s or something. Last Friday was 60s.
SPEAKER_03Even earlier this week, it was fine.
SPEAKER_02Earlier this week was really fine.
SPEAKER_03And guess what? This is the one day. I've been like, I always bug Sahaj because he doesn't take his jacket every day to school. I'm like, Do you have your jacket? Do you have your jacket? Today I said, Do you have your jacket? He said, Yes, mom. We get in the car, I take him to school. No jacket. And I'm like, You're the biggest dodo bird in the world. And then I didn't realize it was gonna be that cold until later in the day. I was like, holy, it's cold out there.
SPEAKER_02When I walked out of the house today for work, I was I also looked really pretty out my window. I was like, Oh, it looks so bright. It's gonna be nice. I walked out and I was like, What the hell is this weather? I got so confused. It's like you got slapped. You literally got slapped. I went to ice and went like Yeah.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. It was not realize it. But anyway, please warm up again, please.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I just want spring to be here. I know we're just got into winter, but I just want spring to come as soon as possible.
SPEAKER_05I know.
SPEAKER_02Anyway, what did you watch? Did you watch anything?
SPEAKER_03Okay, remember I said last week I was gonna watch his and hers because Mythel and Arpy recommended it. Yes, yes. Okay, don't talk about it. I finished it. I'm just telling you, I finished it and it's very good.
SPEAKER_02Everybody should watch it. I'm trying not to be on social media, and I'm just trying like you know how social media why do people do that? Why do people put endings and everything on social media? And it comes up on my feed, and I'm like trying to skip it as fast as possible. So I'm like trying not to see anything about it either.
SPEAKER_03So I'm excited. Yeah, it's very good. You know, I just and I found out recently it's based on a book. So I'm gonna listen to the book now because I'm sure the book is like even juicier than the juiciness I saw.
SPEAKER_02It's always better. I've never found I've never seen something where I've read a book first and then watched a movie and be like, oh yeah, the movie's as good. No.
SPEAKER_03And you're like, oh, the movie's so much better. No.
SPEAKER_02That no, no, it never happens like that ever. So the book's obviously gonna be much better. Anything else? Do you watch anything else?
SPEAKER_03I was I'm trying to think. I I don't think I watched Southern Charm on Bravo, like my reality garbage. But I have you watched anything else? No, because I was like so engrossed in this his and hers, and like I don't have that much time to watch during the week, really. But you know, I'm gonna watch what I want to watch, and it was that for this week. So yeah, no, they see no they see stuff this week. Hopefully over the weekend.
SPEAKER_02We have a three-day weekend coming up, so yes, yes, we do. Oh my god, I'm so excited about it. Mm-hmm. Yep. What about you? Did you watch anything? Uh nothing DC. I'm um still watching that Korean show, Genie Make a Wish. Yeah, Genie Make a Wish. I'm watching that. Um, it's like an episode a day. I don't again, I haven't had time to like sit down and actually watch anything, so I haven't. And it's in the point where it's like kind of interesting, so I can't multitask, so I can't like work or like do something on my laptop and watch it. So like it doesn't work. It's not a background watch, it's like a focus watch, it's not a background, exactly. It's now a focus watch, so now I gotta really pay attention to it. Yeah, um, and then nothing else. I think outside of that, I'm watching my regular Indian dramas, which like those are folk, those are like background watches, so I gotta make different. But that's it. I haven't watched anything else. I really wanted to watch De De Piard too, but I feel like I need to like sit and watch it and like. You know who watched it?
SPEAKER_03Um our friend Masine from Canada. Yes.
SPEAKER_01She told us.
SPEAKER_03She watched it and she said it was terrible. Just FYI. Money. No, Money, since it was so cold today, warm me up with some good gossip. Oh, bring it on.
SPEAKER_02I actually like that one. You appreciate that one? I do, I do. Okay. So not I guess it's gossip, but like, I don't know what to believe in this. Uh, Karn Agela apparently, there's a new thing come on alleged surface about him having a relationship with a Hollywood-based actress that they were in a they were they were in a yeah, exactly. They were in a relationship, um, but apparently she didn't know he was married. So this happened while he was here touring, and then they that apparently they got he was in a relationship or he just did naughty naughty hanky panky with her. Well, this person is saying I'm reading, I'm reading what the what the what the the top like the real the the Instagram reel is talking about. Comments or something. Yeah, yeah. So it's it says that she that apparently they were in a relationship. She didn't realize he was married, and then later on found out that, oh, he's actually married. Um, and then now she's coming out and talking about it. I don't know. But I I will tell you this, I didn't know Karen Agelo was married either until like recently, like maybe in the summer, I found out he was married. I didn't know he was married.
SPEAKER_03So so I knew he was married because I've followed him for a long time because I like I've liked his songs for a very long time. Um so I knew he was married to like I don't know if it was high school suite or college suite out, whatever, somebody that he he's known since childhood-ish type of thing, from what I remember. Um but if this chick thought that she was in a relationship with him while he was touring, how does that make any sense? Because his tour is not a year-long tour.
SPEAKER_02I'm saying, I'm saying touring, but I could be wrong. I'm I could be wrong. I don't know if it's touring really. It just says, it says like um this person works in Hollywood films and uh was publicly shamed after being in a relationship with Garn Agula uh because she didn't know that he was married. So uh from here c our Azula's team started spreading rumors about her and things like that to make her look like a liar, make her look like a liar. And um, and because of that, like she's now like coming out t to tell her stories, but I'll be out pretty soon.
SPEAKER_03Like, we don't know like I'm trying to look up his um his um instead to see if he has any pictures of with his wife on his insta. I thought he did like earlier on.
SPEAKER_02I went and looked up, I looked up, I looked it up. I didn't see an instead, but like I saw like other like Carnagela wife and it showed like his wife. Oh, okay. Because I mean that's the first thing you would do is like reach research the dude.
SPEAKER_03What did you do that?
SPEAKER_02I I would, I would. A famous person, the first thing I would do. I would never trust a famous person.
SPEAKER_03You don't trust people in general, anyway.
SPEAKER_02You're right, you're right. That is so true. I don't trust. I think it's guilty unto proven innocent for me.
SPEAKER_03Because you're always with me, even you're like, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. Like those Instagram requests I'm like, money, should we get nope, nope, don't trust them.
SPEAKER_02Well, another, like you keep talking about it. So I thought I'd talk about it. Shil Pasheti and Raj Kundra uh have been charged 60 crore uh rupee for on a fraud case. Yeah, isn't that juicy? Like they keep getting in trouble. I think it's just I think it's the same thing, isn't it?
SPEAKER_03I think according to No, I think it's in in addition to the last thing that they got in trouble for. But like what's it keeps happening? Like he got in trouble before for like some sex scandal, something, and now money scandal. He's just a naughty guy. He's a naughty scale.
SPEAKER_02I just think if you're doing inappropriate things with your finances, you're not just doing it in one place, you're doing it in multiple places. So if they found something in one place, they are digging into him and finding other stuff. So Yeah, that's what I told you. Yeah, you you did, you did. So, according to reports, investigating agencies have filed fresh charges related to the case, which is said to be linked. No, yeah, is additional to what he's already had. So it's like it's like as they're digging, they're finding more stuff. So they're adding more stuff to him. So yeah, I don't know what's gonna happen. I I think Shil Place is gonna be doing a lot more movies. I don't know what.
SPEAKER_03Or she, or she maybe she has a prenup, who knows? But she gotta figure this stuff out. Or maybe movies. Nobody wants her in movies, she's gonna be judging a lot in more shows. She might come do like her like America tour, like Rithika and Madhuri. Oh my god, nobody's gonna go. After those two people came and those they are actually popular people, who's gonna want to go see Stripa Shetty?
SPEAKER_02No one's gonna want to go. She'll probably start teaching yoga classes. And you know what, honestly, she's not a nice celebrate that comes to the US. She's not nice to her fans. Remember when I told you to see uh when I went to Eiffel that year, she like people are waiting outside, like hi Shipa. She didn't even stop and say hello. She pulled a Neha Kuker, she put her head down and and like exactly and like ran across. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03Well, you know what?
SPEAKER_02Maybe this is karma coming back at you. Um, I don't know what's going on. I'm sure something's happening, but Ishan um Cutter from Homebound and Vishal, both of the actors are here in Los Angeles. And it's like shows them like hanging out together, pictures together. Oh, Oscars.
SPEAKER_03Must be Oscar stuff. Is it already Oscar time though? Yeah, February.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, but like we're still in January.
SPEAKER_03Do you live in America? Yeah. Do it. It's like January, middle of January. What why would they be here already? They're probably here to do all of the film junkets to get that extra push for Jan 27. Guess who's not with them? Janu? Um no, but she I mean, why would she come? Like, she I would like if they invited me, I would say no, please. Let them go. I was not here. The real the real actors go. Please, I don't, I don't want to embarrass myself. But thank you for letting me be part of the film. But they deserve it, not me. Maybe maybe I should have said that. You know what, John V? I hope you said that.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I don't think so. Um, your favorite actor is coming up with a new movie. And it's called Ekden. Um, and it's called Ekden. Saipalovi and Juliette Khan.
SPEAKER_03I so want to see this because I love Saipa Lovy. You know who Saipa Lovy is? Yeah. Yes.
SPEAKER_02She's gonna play Shisita and Havayana.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. Yes. Oh my god. I love if she said yes to a movie script, it's gonna be good. Because she doesn't say yes to like dumb movies. So it's gonna be good.
SPEAKER_02But you haven't liked any of his movies, apparently. You have you. I know, but I like him. I have faith in him. I think he's a good actor, and I do have faith in him. Blind support, remember. Um, I like Saipa Lovey. I think she's has amazing facial expressions, and she's such a really good dancer. She's a good dancer. I love her.
SPEAKER_03Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Um but yeah, that's coming out.
SPEAKER_03I'm excited about that.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it comes to theaters May 1st. May? That's a long ways away, but okay. Cool. Our one of our favorite actresses that we haven't even seen doing any type of acting, but she was like one of my favorites for last year.
SPEAKER_03Rasha Dundan is doing an Your female debut dance.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. My favorite. Um, she's doing a movie, it's supposed to come out in the summer of 2026, and it's called um Laike Leica?
SPEAKER_03Yeah, I think uh like Laike Leica or something like that. It's yeah, like I don't know.
SPEAKER_02Maybe that they're saying in a different way. I have no idea.
SPEAKER_03Okay, whatever. Well, it looks good. The poster looked really good. And I like her.
SPEAKER_02Poster looked interesting, it looks interesting. We like her, she thinks she's really pretty. And the guy is Abhirma. I think um Abhe Verma is in the movie Mungia, the horror one from Maddox with uh Sharvari, that movie. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, that one. Yeah, so he's in there. Like new guy, right? Yeah, new guy. I think he did really good. People really liked him, so this might be good. He looks he looks better in this one than the the weird um horror film. Oh, and then a big wedding happened this year this weekend, I think it was past weekend. Kriti Sanan's sister Nippur Sanan got married to um the singer Steban Ben, I think his name is.
SPEAKER_03Oh, he's a singer. I was wondering who he was because I saw the name. I'm like, the name sounds familiar, but I didn't like really do too much research on it. But okay, so he's a singer. Good. He's a singer, yeah. He's a couple, he's a couple good songs, I feel like. We've heard we've heard about it. They look cute together. She looked really Kriti Sanna looked really good, but she's a pretty pretty pretty dresses very nicely.
SPEAKER_02She dresses, I think she dresses really well. Um, and then Salman Khan came to their wedding and they were like so excited. They're like going and greeting him and bringing him to the reception. I don't know if it's the wedding or the reception or what part of it was.
SPEAKER_03Because I think it was the reception, because I saw her outfit. It was her reception outfit. It was a reception outfit, right? Yeah. Yeah. I think he was one of the bigger stars that actually came to the thing. But that's really nice of him.
SPEAKER_02Salmon Khan to go to like a nobody's wedding, kind of. Bye, John. Bye, John.
SPEAKER_03Mooney, you know how I was telling you that's really cold today? Well, we're gonna steam it up tonight because we're gonna talk about Bollywood boys, the hot guys of Bollywood. So model-turned actors. Ooh, oh yes, yes. There's a couple of them. Oh, beautiful ones. Okay. Yes. So Mylan Solman, does that ring a bell to you? Oh my god, yes. Does it? Does it ever, right? Okay. Of course. So let me tell I give you a little bit of information about this guy. He is known as the first male Indian model, which I see it. I see it.
SPEAKER_02He's yeah, yeah. He's 60 and he's still gorgeous. Oh my God. I recently saw him, like not recently, maybe like last year or like or something like that. I saw him and I was like, whoa, he looks so good. And I was like, how old is he? And I looked him up and like, holy crap, that should be illegal. You cannot look that good at the age of 60. It's not fair to the world. Like, why are you doing that? That's not fair.
SPEAKER_03Let's just be happy that Naha Kukra did not grab him for any of her music videos like she did to Arjun Rampal. He, um, you think he's been born in India, right? Because he's the first Indian supermodel. No, he was born in Scotland. Um, Scottish air became so hot. No, but both of his parents are Indian. So I don't know what I mean. I was born in America, and I'm not that hot. You don't have the Scottish air. There's a billions of people in India, not all of them look like him.
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SPEAKER_03Anyway, so he was born in Scotland and um he lived there till he was like about seven-ish, then he moved back to India. Um, so in 1995, there was a song called Made in India. Do you remember the song? Okay, do you remember the music video of the song? I remember. I remember the Chanoi. Do you remember the hot guy in the music video? Yes, yes, yes. Okay, that was Mr. Millen Summon. And that music video put his face everywhere because I remember that people jepps just kept calling, and you know, he was the it guy. Amazing. Um, and that I love that song. I'm sorry, this is such a good song back in the day.
SPEAKER_02It was, I haven't heard it in so long, but I remember it being such a it song, and it was like every you hear it everywhere. She came out with this whole album, and that whole album was like a copy of Madonna's song, but it's okay was still really good.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. Well, you know what? You're gonna hear it in this episode, so get ready for it. Anyway, um, so he made so he made his debut um not as a movie star, but as a TV actor. Um kind of went somewhere, but even now as an actor, he doesn't really do too many films, if you've noticed. So in Bhajir Masani, he was like an um an advisor to Renvier Singh as the the emperor or king or whatever it is, right? Yeah, so like he does like um he I don't think he's ever done a movie where he's the actual hero, but it's always like the side guy, which he does it well. He does the side guys well. I don't think he wants to be a full-fledged hero, but he's still a very big prominent name. Um, he is known for a little bit of controversy because also in 1995, when Made in India came out, he was dating uh this girl named Madhu Sapre, beautiful, beautiful lady, and I remember reading this in the Stardust and Film for magazines. They did a nude photo shoot for shoes, and that got so much criticism from because you know Daisy's are very crude. Yeah, yeah. So like they got arrested and there was like a case registered on them and all this stuff because basically they were only wearing shoes, they were completely nude, and there was like a snake wrapped around them.
SPEAKER_02Why were they get in trouble and not the people that told them to shoot like that?
SPEAKER_03Like they didn't they it was their pictures, yeah. But like, but but the fact that why did Alu Arjun get in trouble for the stampede when it he didn't arrange the stampede, but he's the one that got in trouble. Makes no sense.
SPEAKER_02Alu Arjun got in trouble because he's Alu Arjun, honestly. They just weren't probably looking for somebody to get him in trouble.
SPEAKER_03I think the same thing because these two yeah, they were very popular at the time in terms of being models. I just remember seeing their like good because they were um they're also boyfriend and girlfriend, and they're really, really like a good-looking pair. So I I remember seeing a lot of like articles about them back then. And then this kind of like blew it out of the water for them.
SPEAKER_02Um I mean, obviously, right last no one's arresting Neha Kuker for the video that she created. Like no one's arresting for that.
SPEAKER_03Like they get arrested, like she doesn't get arrested for her vial. I can't think about that was in 1995, that was in 1995, too. Like, I think I mean look at what's happening in most India.
SPEAKER_02We progressed so far.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, not I'm not gonna say it's good progression, but it's progressing. That's what I mean. That's what I mean, right? Yeah. Oh god. Um so what is he doing now? He's he's still continuing to do a few um movies here and there. He's um in a few shows here and there, like I just said, he was in that four more shots or whatever. Um and like he's married and he's living a good happy life. He's a very healthy dude. Like I follow him on Instagram, and he's always doing some type of workout or something, like some pictures of him working out somewhere. So the other thing that he's doing is he has this movement called Fit India, and like I remember there's I don't know if he's still doing this, but he would like walk barefoot through India, like through like different regions of India and stuff like that. And he would like get people to like kind of be fit and do like these fit exercises and stuff. So that's commendable because you know, like you want people to be healthy around you and just uh healthy in general, not just around you. So, you know, I like I I like that he's still kind of keeping up with what he thinks is important for him and you know, passing that along to others.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, and he's um and he's hot, he's he's very good looking, and I've seen a lot of his music videos, and again, I look at him, I'm just like, I think it should be unfair for you to look this good. And he recently was in the royals as the father, oh yeah. The father of Ishan, and he looked so good in the couple of scenes that he was there, and I was just like, wow, Milan Solman, wow.
SPEAKER_03So another thing about Millen Solman before we like wrap wrap this up, um, he competed in the Iron Man Challenge and and he completed it in 15 hours and 19 minutes. What is that? I don't know what that means, but it it seems like it seems like it's a good thing, the way that they're writing it here. And uh good for you, buddy. I wouldn't be able to finish Keep it going. I wouldn't be able to finish any type of challenge in 15 hours and 19 minutes. Well, I don't know what this challenge is, so but like if you did it and people are saying that that's great.
SPEAKER_02No, mail someone, keep it up, stay fit, keep looking good, stay on a kicking. Keep kicking, buddy. You talked about Milan Swaman. I want to talk about someone else who we all also think is very good looking. And that is Arjun Rampal.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, he's my third husband.
SPEAKER_02Oh god, you and your husband, the many husbands of Kavi. That should have been the title of this episode, The Many Husbands of Kavi.
SPEAKER_03In my dreamland. Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_02Yes. So tell us, tell us more about my third husband. Okay, well, Arjun Rampal uh was born in uh Madhya Pradesh. Is that correct? How do I pronounce it? He was born in Madhya Pradesh, India, and his family has military background. So he used to like move around a lot because of that. Um and his dad is Punjabi and his mom is uh Sikh Dutch. And interesting fun fact, which I didn't know until recently when I was doing this, is that he is cousin to Kim Sherma. Kim Sherma is from the girl from Muhabate, the love story between um the two friends.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, she does look to shoot her face all the time. Yeah, she does.
SPEAKER_02That's his cousin, which I didn't know. First cousins? Like old. It says it's his first cousin, Arjun Rampal, Kim Sherma, first cousins. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. You never see them together. I never have seen this again. I've never heard they were cousins. Yeah, very weird.
SPEAKER_03Very weird.
SPEAKER_02Okay.
SPEAKER_03Well, that's interesting to know. But okay, so he's wait. So his mom is Dutch, like Dutch Dutch? It says part Dutch.
SPEAKER_02It says part it says part Dutch. He might have some Dutch blood in there.
SPEAKER_03Yeah.
SPEAKER_02No wonder he's so hot. Okay. Apparently, um, he has a very multicultural family, so they celebrated Christmas, they wali, eid. So he's like very versatile and that type of stuff. I guess he knows a lot about different the different cultures uh and growing up and stuff like that. Um, but his first um he was discovered by fashion designer Rohit Ball in the early 1990s. I love Rohit Ball.
SPEAKER_03Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Didn't he pass away recently? I think he passed away in November.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. Oh, I really, really liked good discovery, Rohit Baal. Good job.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. Because Arjun Rappahouse is like really strong and sharp features, similar to Mylan Solman, I think, kind of like they have like sharp jaw and like sharp, like high cheekbones and things like that. And they're very tall, muscular, like good looking for models. Perfect models. It's per perfect. We think when you think of models, you think about them, I feel like you see them. Um and he has like really intense looks. So people like they loved him, and he so he pulled him in and he became a very successful male supermodel supermodel. After like proving himself as like one of the top models, he kind of transitioned into acting. His acting debut was in the movie called Biat Ishgur Mahabhat. Do you remember watching that movie?
SPEAKER_03I think I did because again, I have to support my third husband, and it was so bad, so terrible. But I think I did like one or two of the songs, if I remember.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I feel like the songs are good. I feel like I remember hearing the song. The movie was with um uh Sunusheti, uh, Aftav Shivdasani, and Kritti Reddy. So some of his mainstream success with the movie called uh one movie called Rock On. So he won uh his portrayal as as Joe in the movie Rock On got him a national film award for best supporting uh supporting actor of that year for that year.
SPEAKER_03So he got a national award? Really? For supporting actor, yeah, yeah. Okay, okay.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, and people remember that movie, but sure. If he was great, that's good. Um, but one of the big ones I I forgot to mention earlier was um his role in Om Shanti Om in 2007, his role in that, how Farrakhan brought him in as the villain in Om Shanti. Bad guy. Yeah, he that was a good bad guy. He was really good guy. A really, really good bad guy. So um he played such a he was just played such a good role in that. And I think that kind of led him into like other places where he was playing like more of a negative role as opposed to playing like the like the protagonist.
SPEAKER_03But I think also that brought him into a different circle of people, like Shah Rukhan, Farah Khan. I think he got a little bit more recognized and became friendly with them. You know what I mean? Because then I you saw him kind of everywhere around them for a while, right? Like pictures or shows or whatever.
SPEAKER_02So agree, agree. Recently, recently he was in the movie Durander, and he did a really good job as a portrayal of the character that he was portraying.
SPEAKER_03You said he lived that character, like you were blown away.
SPEAKER_02Um, so those are all his movie stuff that he did and all this great stuff that he's doing, but some controversies. Do you know some controversies about him?
SPEAKER_03Well, yeah, like him and Sharokhan are not friends anymore. And I think, I think I know why. Oh I think I know why. Oh, all right. Do you remember the Suzanne Khan that's the controversy that I'm thinking about? Yep. Yes, I think that okay, I think that controversy. And I think I know possibly when it possibly could have started. Okay. So Temptations concert came to America. Yeah. Who's in the Temptations concert? Arjun Rampaugh. I don't know. Rithic Rithik Roshan of Shiv Dasani, Karina Kapoor. Okay. Yes. Uh the wives all also came. Susan and Arjun Rampal's wife, Mary Jessia, like, you know, who if if they had a wife, they came. I think this is just me, my opinion. I think something happened starting there. But then you later hear about like how possibly he may have been a drug pusher to Suzanne Khan, and that possibly they could have been hooking up and doing some hanky panky. Because if you've noticed, Arjun uh Arjun Rompol is divorced from Meher Dracia. Ritha Groshan is divorced from Suzanne Khan, but there was always somebody talking about Arjun Rompol, Suzanne Khan, Arjun Ron Khan. I've heard that controversy.
SPEAKER_02That's that's the controversy I've always heard too, is that Arjun Rompol and uh apparently, like apparently they were like doing drugs.
SPEAKER_03Either they were an item or and doing doing drugs or doing drugs and and they hooked up. Yeah. Something. We don't know what. But if you notice around that time and before Durander, he was kind of down. Like there was nothing good with with him like with his movie, because he he was in the Shah Rukhan circle doing all of these like Dawn and Om Shantiom and all that kind of stuff. And then like that happened, and then you did not really hear from him or about him or anything about him until like Durander now. Like now people are talking about him again, right? Like something happened. I just don't know exactly what it was.
SPEAKER_02Hold on. Okay, uh something happened because I think also included Gory, also. So it wasn't just Suzanne. So I remember it also kind of included some sketchy stuff with Gory, and again, this is all uh alleged, and you can go on Reddit and you can see it. Apparently, Gory and Suzanne uh were have to be like were dragged into whatever nefarious things that he was doing. Gory and Suzanne kind of got like dragged into it, and I could see why Sharuk Khan would be upset about that that he like brought Gory into that Gori into this. Um that kind of like yeah, kind of caused an issue amongst Sharuk and Gori and Suzanne and that circle, this whole circle. And I think that's what and I did hear something happened between Suzanne and Arjuna, which which caused the end divorce between Ritik and Suzanne. Yeah. I I don't know why that would be the reason when like everywhere around you kept hearing Rithik having appears and stuff like that. All kinds of naughty stuff, yeah.
SPEAKER_03Oh yeah.
SPEAKER_02I mean, I saw it live too. Well anyway, um Sharuk Khan apparently uh was not happy, and then he does not want to have any type of relationship or his friends have any relationship with Arjun um and stuff like that. Makes sense, yeah. He cut ties from him.
SPEAKER_03Yep. So you know, my third husband, you did a lot of good stuff. You little did a lot of bad stuff, but very juicy bad stuff. It was good to talk about. So yes, yes. Money, this next hottie that we're gonna talk about, Dino Moria. Um, he was Dino. Dino. So he he's named Dino. Why do you ask? Well, he's half Italian and half Indian. His dad is Italian. Um, he was born in India. He was born in Bangalore, but he moved to Italy from like the ages of being born to like 11. They moved back to India, um back to Bangalore um when he was 11. So he pretty much did all of his schooling in Bangalore. He oh, did you know he was a tennis player? Apparently he was like a really good tennis player. Yeah. He like represented India in like the U Tirt U-13 tennis competition. So that's that's like the diander. That's like the th that's like the 13-age um the like age 13 tennis players, but representing India, that's kind of a big deal. He must be really good. That's pretty good. Yeah, wow, good job. Do you know? Um, so he became a professional model um in uh a little bit like in uh in the early 90s, he worked for different clothing and lifestyle brands, and then in 1995, yeah, there was this contest. And I don't know if you heard about this contest, but now I'm that I'm reading it, it's jogging my memory, the little that I have of it. Okay, and it was called the Glad Rags Manhunt Contest.
SPEAKER_02Why have it I've never heard of this?
SPEAKER_03You have heard of this? Okay, I remember reading like Stardust and Film Fairs about this. I don't know why, but I did. Um and he represented uh or he was in that contest and he won it in 1995. And so that obviously superstarred him for him because just like the ladies that won pageants, right? Yes, yes, right? So same thing, same type of concept. Um he did go on um after that pageant to it's called these are the dumbest names. It's called the Manhunt International Competition. And he um he became the first Indian to play second. So good for you.
SPEAKER_02Dino Morganio Dino Dino?
SPEAKER_03Okay, Dino. Yeah, so you know, putting India on the map again. So good, good boy. Um, he became an actor in the night in 1999, and guess who he made his film debut with? I don't know. Who did he make a film debut with? Rinke Kanna. What movie was that? Piad me kabi kabi.
SPEAKER_02I remember seeing this movie. I didn't see it. I remember like seen this movie, but I do not remember. You had to have you watched all these movies back in the movie. I did, I did, I did, I did watch this. You're right, I did.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, yeah. Um, so he he won a nomination for best male debut, but Aftab Shivdasani took that from him. Yeah, because dude, uh sour. It was so good. So good. So good. And so looked so handsome in that movie. So oh my I mean he's he was a he's a good looking guy. All right. Um, so then he went on to star in a few other movies, but then 2002 happened Raz movie Munich. I thought that was a good oh my god, what a movie! Like it was a remake.
SPEAKER_02What of what? American movie. Really? Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_03Okay, whatever. I'm gonna pretend it wasn't a remake. It was really good because it was the first time I've ever seen it.
SPEAKER_02It's called an official adaptation of what what lies what lies beneath. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03Okay, I thought it was so good. Really good. Yeah, and it was with um Bipasha Basu, who who he was dating at the time. Yeah, I don't know if he started dating her before or during the movie, but they were dating at some point in time. They were dating. I think they were dating during the movie. During the movie, like that's how they met, right?
SPEAKER_02I think I don't know if they met that way, but I know they were in a relationship while they were doing the movie. So I don't know if it was like during screencasting they started dating each other or like or whatever. Whatever, whatever it was. But they were dating. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03So these two started dating. And then um, I mean, the movie was so, so good. Like, even Shah Rukhan apparently told him, Your film is doing really, really, really, really well.
SPEAKER_02Is that your accent?
SPEAKER_03I don't know what that accent was. Um but anyway, he was good, like he was really, really good. And so I started looking forward to seeing some of his other movies. So I did watch his like movies after Raz. There was one called Guna. Terrible. Very bad. Um, and then after that, he hasn't done anything that's worth me even mentioning. So I'm not going to. They're just not good movies. I don't know what happened to him. I mean, he's like, I mean, I think that's one of the things that they say about him. They're like, oh, he's a one-hit wonder type of guy, but he's still around if you think about it. Like, do you know Moria? It's still a name. Why is it still a name?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I don't know. I guess he gets to I guess he's just a model.
SPEAKER_03He's not, he's not like him is keeping him in the media, though. But I know of of late, like he was in um that four more shots, and then you told me he was in something else. He was in the royals, he was in the royals, the royals, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02So he's doing he had side character roles in the world, and he was also in uh husband key bb. He like that.
SPEAKER_03Okay, so he's I think maybe that's why he's kind of like still kind of around. Like he does these, like you know how like you were saying um uh Milan Solman does like the side guy type of character, or I was saying he does the side guy type of characters. Same with this, same with Dino, so he's still kind of like around, right? Yeah. Like he's not like he's not like wow, this is amazing actor or anything, but he's still kind of doing things to keep him.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, because he's also in he's also in Hi Household Five. He was also in that side character too. So he's I mean Or if you did, he bombed them because Yeah, they were good, like there no one remembers them, right?
SPEAKER_03Like, yeah. Yeah. Did you know he he dated Laura Thatta too? I had no idea.
SPEAKER_01Oh, I didn't know he dated Laura Dutta.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, from 2008 to 2009, he dare dated Laura Dutta, and then he dated um this I remember, he dated another girl named Nandita Matani from like 2010 to 2017. It was like a long-term relationship. Oh what? Okay, what happened? Okay, Wikipedia has to be lying. What happened? In 2025, Morea confirmed that he's in a relationship with Malaika Aurora. I think they did. I think they did.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah. What? Yeah, they were in in the world. I think it was very short, very brief, very brief. Stop. I think I hold on.
SPEAKER_03So after she broke up with Arjun uh Kapoor, she dated him?
SPEAKER_04A few moments later. Okay.
SPEAKER_02Um, I'm it's unclear. They never confirmed it, but they're apparently really good friends, so they hang out a lot. And um liars, a bunch of liars.
SPEAKER_03So some um some controversy with him though, our buddies you know. Obviously, he dated um Bipasha Basu for a very long time, and then when they when they broke up, it was like talked about everywhere because it was it was very public, it was very emotional, um, and it was just it was a very big deal, right? Um, and then so apparently Bipasha later hinted in interviews, like through the years, like telling everybody it was a very painful breakup, and so it sounds like he broke up with her, but again, we don't know. Um in the end, with this guy with Dino, he's still around. He does TV shows here and there, he does you know, side characters in most movies, but he's still a pretty big name, right?
SPEAKER_02Like I think I I've I think everyone from our 90s knows who Dina Morio. So speaking of Vipacha's exes, so we go from Dino Moria. So when after she broke up with him, she started dating this one person called John Abraham. Oh, are we going in order of Vipasha's boyfriend? I guess we are.
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SPEAKER_02But when John Abraham came into the industry, I was like, who is this man and why is he so fine?
SPEAKER_03So handsome. Oh my god. And that dimple?
SPEAKER_02And those dimples, those dimples, and back in the day, long hair. And I don't technically like long hair like that, but he his face dimple, he pulled it off. John Abraham, um, just just a gorgeous man when he came in. So Jan Aaron was born um in Mumbai. He is uh his father is Malayali Syrian Christian from Kerala, and his mom is a uh Iranese or Austrian. So he completed his education in Mumbai. He got an MBA from um in Mumbai Educational Trust, I don't know what that means, before he got into entertainment. Um so he was in the corporate path, he was like going toward the corporate path before he like got into film. Um but he kind of entered into modeling by accident. So while working in media planning for and marketing for whatever his business thing that he was doing, um he participated in the Glad's Glad Rags Manhunt. Yeah, the Glad Rags Manhunt contest in 1990.
SPEAKER_03This is like you're going down the same Dino Moria path. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. So it was a Glad Rags Manhunt contest in 1999. I think I said 1991 by Big Bang.
SPEAKER_03Oh, so after Dino too. Okay, this makes sense.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, 1999, and he won that title, and that changed everything for him. Uh, but like again, his sharp features and his like this different look that he has, his cute little dimple, and he has like this calm confidence. Yes, yeah, those dimples, man, dimples get people. So his success in like modeling like opened up doors and like trying to do movie and transitioning into movie because again, like filmmakers are looking for new faces and things like that. Back in the day when everyone wasn't a Neppo kid, like they were looking for fresh faces.
SPEAKER_03Well, also he won he won, you know, he got his way in by winning that pageant, right? Yeah, the male page.
SPEAKER_02He got into modeling and they were going to they were going different avenues to look for new people. So his he made his acting debut in the movie Jisum in 2003.
SPEAKER_03Oh, that song in Jisom?
SPEAKER_02Yes, yeah, that's so good. It's a pair is a bold, and I remember in 2003, I was like, whoa, what is India doing? Like, what are these movies? What is this movie called? Now that's normal, but back then that was not normal. I mean, yeah, that was not normal in 2003. So that movie was very bold and sensual and like had a thriller to it, and he did a really good job in his performance. So who was the supporting actress? Was it Bipaca? Oh, yes, it was. Bipasha. So it was them and they had like they had like very steamy scenes. I mean very steamy, yeah. I would I wonder if that contributed to them getting together um and becoming boyfriend and girlfriend uh of a chance. I think from that movie they did like they became they became a couple. Uh YRF pulled him in 2004 to play the villain in Doom. And did he kill that role as a villain? He was so so good. I think he stole the show in Doom. I don't think Abish and anyone else mattered in that movie as much as John Abraham mattered in that movie. He was the good-looking villain because you kind of wanted him to win.
SPEAKER_03So and what I think that around that time too was when like um you didn't look at a villain like a mean guy, bad guy. You're like, yeah, exactly what you just said. You wanted the villain to win, right? Like versus the one he was an Amjakan villain, he was like good-looking villain. Yeah. You're like, oh, let this bad guy win. And just like you remember the motorcycle and then the oh my god.
SPEAKER_02And then and those cute dimples went from like cute to like smirky and like, oh, he's up to no good. That that's where those that smirk is that dimple came in. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Um, yeah, so that kind of like pushed him up there. It catapulted him to another level, right? I think so to be in Wire App. I really feel like it really did that. He also like ventured into a lot of like comedy roles. So he did the movie Garam Masala. I don't know if you remember Garam Masala. Um I didn't see it.
SPEAKER_03I remember I remember the picture, but I didn't watch it.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, so Garam Masala with Aksha Kumar, he did that, it was really funny. Um, he also did Dostana, which was like, I was hoping you would get there because that was filmed in Miami.
SPEAKER_03And I did not go to the filming, but I know people that were in one of the songs in the background songs. But that movie, so different from Doom, so different from Jisom, I thought he was hilarious. He was so funny.
SPEAKER_02He did such a good job, and you know, the one thing about John Abraham, which I think kind of like put him back a little bit, was that he's not a dancer, he's absolutely horrible, horrible dancing.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02He has two left feet.
SPEAKER_03He but he did okay in this movie. He did okay. He did okay, it wasn't fantastic, but he did okay.
SPEAKER_02Just look at his face, Money. Just keep looking at his face. That is why why he got as far as he did because of his face. He didn't know and and somewhat of his acting, obviously, right? Like that. Um those were his those were some of the movies that he did, and then like he also um slowly started changing his type of rules that he started getting. So he did the movie called Force, which I thought was a good movie. I liked it, I enjoyed it, uh, Bought La House. He did a bunch of different serious type of movies where so like kind of changed his path from like this romancey guy to this comedy guy to this more of a serious type of guy, and I think that's where he is now. He's doing a lot more serious movies, a lot more like being very serious.
SPEAKER_03Do you feel like he's kind of like an undercover, really good actor? Because I don't I don't know if he's a really good actor. No, like Diplomat. I don't know if you saw that movie, it's on Netflix. No, it's recently this year, right? Yeah, yeah. It's last 2025. But it's oh okay really, really good, and he's really good in it. And I he might be really good in it because the story is also very good, right? So that's what I mean, like undercover, because he's not talked about as much as being a good actor or a good whatever, but there his movies are very good.
SPEAKER_02His movies are very good, he has done good movies, and the thing is that he's being very s like selective of what he picks, and so he's done he's doing some stuff. So um he was okay, uh stepping back to his villain era, um he was the villain in Pratan. And let me tell you something. Uh we went to the theater to watch that. Me and Sahih. Yeah, I did too.
SPEAKER_03Sahaj is like, this music, Jim's music is so good, mom. Like he had great music. Like the background score for him is so good. So good. They portrayed him very well too, like a good handsome bad guy.
SPEAKER_02He's supposed to have a backstory. So YRF is supposed to come up with a backstory for him for Jim's character. Um but anyway, yeah. So he portrayed uh villain again in Pratan, which I thought he did a great job in. One of the things that really bothered me with him was how what happened between him and Bipasha. Oh, what happened? So Bipasha and John actually dated from they met at the like we said, met at the uh set of Jisom and they started dating from that point on. And they broke up in 2011. So 2003 to 2011, they were dating. That's a pretty long time, like, right? Like that's that is like pretty long time. That is right. Okay, so they started dating. So so I mean, there's multiple reasons that they say uh that could have happened. There was like she wanted to get married, and apparently he didn't want to get married, he wanted to focus more on his career, and and there were like some things about him.
SPEAKER_03You can get married and focus on your career too.
SPEAKER_02Apparently at that time you you couldn't. I don't know. Apparently at that time you couldn't. And Sean was with like, but for that many years, that's not like you don't lead a girl on for that long. That's too many years, like to be unmarried. So um apparently, like, he apparently he cheated on her with like a gym buddy or like something like that, who's yeah. So, but what what was sad was that as soon as after she broke, they broke up, he got together with his, I think now wife.
SPEAKER_03His wife, his current wife, is my really good friend's sister's best friend. So basically she she went, she told me the story. Her name is went to a Mumbai to hang out with her friend Priya. Priya's like, oh, let's go back home, but let's go back to my house or whatever. Goes back to the house. Guess who walks out of the house? Arjun um John Abraham. She's like, Oh yeah. Anyway. Yeah, good yeah, good scene.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, so apparently, I think apparently what the right-like was it an arranged marriage or no? No, no, no. No, it wasn't arranged. Apparently, he cheated on Bipasha with this girl. This is what this is Reddit is saying. I don't know if it's true or not. Yeah, and that's who he ended up marrying like within that, like within the next year, like he married her. So he didn't this. He got married to this girl really fast, I feel like. He dated for like Yep, yep. He did. He was dating Bipasha forever and didn't want to marry her, but then this girl comes out of nowhere and she said he didn't want to get married, and then two days later, you can go get married. Okay, so that's why, like, besides, you know, I'm not a big fan of him because what he did to Bibasha, again, we don't know what happens in a relationship, whatever. But based off what we are hearing and the way that things happened, it kind of looks messed up in my side. In my dimples anyway, so it's fine. Yes, his dimples. Rest of you. Yes. Well, we don't know about the rest of you. He's doing a lot of stuff, so we'll probably see more stuff coming from uh Mr. John Abraham for him.
SPEAKER_03Johnny, Johnny, yes, papa.
SPEAKER_06Okay, baby, baby paper, okay, to the baby.
SPEAKER_02Those are the those are our list of our models turned actors. If you know others, or tell us which one's your favorite out of all the fours that we mentioned today.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, we hope for you sizzled like we sizzled. Sizzley sizzlies.
SPEAKER_02I'm pretty sure these men were like turning heads for a lot of us girls in the 90s.
SPEAKER_03Still turning heads. Look, have you seen them? They still look good. So okay, money, it is a blind time. I only have one tonight. This power couple was the it couple of Bollywood for several years before the younger lot took over. But there have been rumors of a strain in their marriage for the past few years. But we had mentioned earlier that all the rumors of them considering a divorce are false. As per a source, the couple is considering adopting a boy. They are biological parents to a lovely girl and feel that their family will be complete with the addition of a baby boy to their family. The star couple's troubles are rumored to have started owing to the wife getting fed up with her mother-in-law and her sister-in-law. Can you guess?
SPEAKER_02Oh, I mean, the ending part kind of gave it away. Abhishek Bachan and Ashwari Rai. I do see them together. I do see them together a lot now. I do see them reaching back together.
SPEAKER_03What do you mean they were a power couple and the it couple for several years? No, they weren't. Yeah, I think No, no, no.
SPEAKER_02No, when they were f when they first are married, they were everywhere in stage, in shows, in film fairs, IFA, everywhere, the Cans, they were everywhere. You would see them together.
SPEAKER_03No, they were. I think so.
SPEAKER_02They no, they were everywhere. Internationally, everyone knew her, knew him. Like they know about them. I think they were the couple. I do think they were the couple back then.
SPEAKER_03Okay. Well, they're saying that they may adopt a baby boy. So happy for them if they do.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I'm happy for them if they do.
SPEAKER_03If they like resolve whatever issues that they had and maybe they don't even have issues, it's probably just speculation. We don't know.
SPEAKER_02Nah, they got that. No, no, dude. We know there's issues. Come on now. Speculation.
SPEAKER_03It could be but because of but it could be because of the mother-in-law and the sister-in-law.
SPEAKER_02But he didn't take a picture with his family. That's fine. That's fine if they don't like you.
SPEAKER_03Maybe we didn't see the picture. Maybe he did. Nah, dude. They would show the picture. I'll be shaking. I'm trying to protect you so Mithel don't yell at me again. Mythil don't yell at me. Anyway, that's your blind. You have one blind. It was pretty good. I liked it. I enjoyed it.
SPEAKER_02I think pretty decent, I think pretty decent blind.
SPEAKER_03I'm with you on that. Okay, Money, it is vow time. What is the poll telling us this week?
SPEAKER_02The poll is telling us it is a song Gerahua from Durander. I mean, Durander is killing it in the polls, is like nothing.
SPEAKER_03I was gonna say, like Durander, every week we have it. Seems like we well, a few weeks we haven't, but it seems like it's been it's been there.
SPEAKER_02All the songs have come up somehow. Fostlift, by you, Sharat, polls, picking people picking it up. Yeah, that that album is amazing though. Honestly, the album is so good. It's really good from front to back. It's really really good. It's very good. The remakes are really good, the the originals are really good, so yeah. Yeah, very good.
SPEAKER_03My vow is from the movie Ickis. It's called Sitare. Yes. Um it's really nice. It's a really nice, sweet kind of song. So yeah, I did the very sweet song. Nice song. If you enjoy that, it's nice and melodious.
SPEAKER_02Oh, I recently heard a song um by AP Dilon and Shinda Calon. It's called Atalambia. Um yeah, I think I heard that one.
SPEAKER_03It's good. Yeah, that one.
SPEAKER_02It's really good. I like it. I like it. I recently heard it. Yep.
SPEAKER_03Lovely! Well, again, we hope you guys enjoyed this episode of Hot Guys. And we still haven't heard from any of you. Where are you guys? Wake up. Uh, reach out.
SPEAKER_02We're excited to hear from you guys. Yeah. Yeah. Reach out. Instagram, TikTok, email. We got all of that stuff. Reach out to us. Bye, share, follow. Bye. And it'll be good because you'll talk about Dino Morio and Pipasha, and I'll talk about John that John got her afterwards.
SPEAKER_01Oh, yeah, perfect. Right? It works out. In boyfriend order. Yeah, in boyfriend order. Okay. So we hodgepodge.
SPEAKER_03Very hodgepodge. We can't, we're too tired. I'm tired. No, it's I don't think it's I think it's a day of, I think it's nighttime. We just can't do nighttime. At nighttime, I feel like I feel like all of these like crazies are coming into my head. I can't speak. My glasses keep falling off my face. Like, I don't know.
SPEAKER_02I took up I'm confused with these tourists Mahatvara Narashma Danvi the Great. What are these?
SPEAKER_03Is there an Indian Oscars we don't know about?
unknownLike, what are they talking about?
SPEAKER_02Like, I'm reading it. For Oscars 2026, 1998 Academy or several Indian films made the eligibility. Oh, it made it for L.