Special on the occasion of Yoga Day: Bollywood has contributed a lot in spreading modern "Yoga".

On June 21, Yoga (Yoga), practiced in India, has been accepted by the whole world as 'Yoga-Day'. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's speech in America on Yoga Day this year (2023) is a commendable event. Several Bollywood stars from India were announced as brand ambassadors for Yoga Day a few years back. The meaning is that Bollywood has always been aware of Yoga. Stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Virat Kohli etc. make a special representation of Yoga Day. In terms of yoga, our stars are 24 carat true. The stars believe that if there is health then they are.

A few years back, Bollywood actress Rekha was the first to openly discuss Yoga. At the beginning of her career, how did the thick-skinned Rekha become the queen of slim and sexy looks? The answer was exercise therapy and meditation. Rekha's CDs and cassettes came in the market discussing this topic. After that Shilpa Shetty's CD came in the market - in the name of "Shilpa's Yoga". Later Bipasha Basu also released a DVD titled "Love Yourself". Let us tell you that Shilpa Shetty started yoga to get rid of chronic spondylitis and Bipasha Basu started yoga to get rid of arthritis. Then they made a video of it. Then it was said that Bipasha Basu does Surya Namaskar 108 times daily. Rekha's yoga pose CD was very popular. Shilpa Shetty followed him. Shilpa's poses and body language created a buzz in the yoga classes. Then Vipasha too created a craze in the market with her yoga sessions. Undoubtedly Baba Ramdev was the one who motivated all of them, who’s Yoga has got universal acceptance in modern India.In the context of Yoga, Kareena Kapoor became famous for her 'Size 0'. The crowd of girls started increasing in the gym. There came a time, which is still going on, when young women and girls all started counting Yoga as their first priority to make 'Size 0'. Then it was said that Kareena does Kapalbhati 1000 times and Surya Namaskar 50 times daily. Kareena's yoga trainer Rujuta was also in the limelight. Kareena, Karisma, Saif, Liza Malik, Sonali Bendre were all learning yoga with Rujuta and she also published a book - "Don't Lose Your Mind Lose Your Weight".

Malaika Arora (during the shooting days of the songs Chal Chaiyan Chaiyan, Munni Badnaam Hui) used to do kickboxing, aerobics and hip hop for one and a half hours. Earlier used to do it daily. Now-a-days, since she has become Arjun Kapoor's friend, it is reported that she can only go three days a week. Lara Dutta, former Miss World and known as Tip Top Hot Mommy, came out with Yoga VCD 'Heal' on how to stay in shape after giving birth. Stars like Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khan have made their own yoga-gym at home. Hema Malini supports yoga in the form of dance and Deepika Padukone as her fitness by playing badminton. Rani Mukherjee used to do yoga for 2 hours daily before marriage, even now her habit remains intact. Sonam Kapoor used to visit Vikram Gym with her father Anil Kapoor. Now Anil Kapoor does yoga at home because now Sonam stays less in India.

Nowadays many stars do yoga and exercise in their own home made gym. Amir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Salman Khan have their own Pawar Yoga gym. Amitabh Bachchan has been known to go for a 4 a.m. run on the beach in Juhu. After being unwell, now he does meditation at home. At the time of the film 'Ghajini', Aamir Khan spent four hours daily (for 13 months) in the gym. Salman Khan spends 2-3 hours daily in the gym to get out his 'pack'. The irony is that the way Bollywood has spread "Yoga", its example will not be found anywhere else.

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