Over the past few years, many top Bollywood celebs from Shah Rukh Khan to Ajay Devgan have endorsed tobacco brands for huge sums of money. These stars have also had to face a lot of trolling for advertising such products. But do you know that Sunil Shetty had once rejected such an endorsement. He was even offered a huge amount. Sunil Shetty himself has revealed this in an interview.

Why was the tobacco ad offer of Rs 40 crore rejected??
Sunil Shetty once received an offer of Rs 40 crore to endorse a tobacco brand, although the actor rejected it. While revealing the reason for this, Sunil told Peeping Moon, “I am everything because of my health. It is my body that gave Sunil Shetty a chance in the film industry. If I do not consider it as my place of worship, then I would be doing injustice to myself. What legacy will I leave for my children? I may not be that popular today in terms of cinema or box office, but even today 17 to 20 year old children give me so much love and respect. This is unreal.”

He further said, “I was offered Rs 40 crore for a tobacco ad, and I looked at them and said, ‘Do you really think I will fall for this? I won’t.’ Maybe I needed that money, but no. I will not do anything that I do not believe in, because it will taint Ahaan, Athiya and Rahul. After that, no one dared to come near me.”

Sunil is excited with the release of son Ahaan’s Border 2
Meanwhile, Suniel Shetty is quite excited with the release of his son Ahan Shetty’s ‘Border 2’. Sunil had also written a post in the name of his son on Instagram. In the post, Sunil wrote for Ahaan that Border 2 is not about glory or war, but about understanding why peace exists. He further wrote that the border is not where the country ends, but it is where courage begins, and some stories transcend cinema and remain alive in the memories of the country.

About Border 2
Let us tell you that Border 2 is the sequel to JP Dutta’s 1997 blockbuster film Border. Border starred Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Punit Issar, Sudesh Berry and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in lead roles, along with Tabu, Pooja Bhatt, Rakhi Gulzar, Sharbani Mukherjee, Sapna Bedi and Rajeev Goswami. The star cast of Border 2 includes Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan, Ahan Shetty, Diljit Dosanjh, Sonam Bajwa, Mona Singh and Medha Rana. Along with this, let us tell you that Border 2 has had a great start at the box office and it has opened with Rs 30 crores on the first day of its release.

Sunil Shetty recently told why despite being a Mangalorean, he works mostly in Bollywood and why he rejects films of South Indian cinema. He told that he gets offers for many films, but he does not sign those films because Bollywood heroes mostly play the role of villain in South films.

Why does Sunil Shetty reject offers from South films?
Speaking to The Lallantop, Sunil said, “I get offers (from the South), but unfortunately, you will see this trend that we get offers for negative roles. They want to make the Hindi hero look strong… From a villain’s point of view, (they say) it is good for the screen and also for the audience but that’s the only thing I don’t like.”

He said, “I was doing films with Rajini sir only because I wanted to get a chance to work with him.” Sunil said, “Recently, I did a small Tuku film to promote a film which is performing really well. Its name is ‘Jai’.” He appeared in a small role in ‘Jai’. He further said, “Today there is no language barrier. If there is any barrier, it is probably because of the content. If your content is good, it will cross all barriers.”

sunil shetty work front
Meanwhile, Sunil Shetty will soon be seen in “Super Founders of India”. Amazon MX Player announces “Super Founders of India”, a high stakes entrepreneurial reality series designed to transform India’s startup story on screen. Streaming free on Amazon MX Player, the show brings together India’s most promising founders. The anchor of this series is Sunil Shetty. Shetty described the show as a platform that celebrates “changemakers shaping tomorrow”, and said she was proud to support founders whose stories deserve to be seen on a national level.

Talking about films, Sunil Shetty will also be seen in “Hera Pheri 3” and “Welcome to the Jungle”.

Sunil Shetty is one of the most handsome actors in the industry. Even at the age of 64, he is very fit. The actor keeps sharing photos and videos flaunting his abs on social media. Sunil Shetty is very conscious about his fitness. He also maintains his diet strictly. Let us know about the actor’s routine.

Sunil Shetty’s diet

Sunil had talked about his diet in an old podcast with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath. He had said, ‘Normally, when I am at home, I have a protein rich heavy breakfast. I eat 4 eggs. Dairy products do not suit me much. That’s why I avoid them.

Sunil takes 150 to 200 grams of fish and chicken in lunch and dinner. He takes 1600 to 1700 calories in his daily food diet, which also supports his workout.

Actors eat sugar

Apart from this, regarding sugar, Sunil said, ‘Yes, I eat sugar, because I do not believe in sugar substitutes. For me it’s either fruits or sugar. He drinks one cup of tea in the morning and another cup in the evening. He enjoys both the cups of tea without any guilt.

Despite his strict diet routine, Sunil eats sweets. He likes sweets very much. Sunil had told, ‘I like fruits very much. I love mine sweet. If you tell me no sweets after dinner, I will go crazy. Sunil does not eat after 7 o’clock at night. They give time to their food to digest.

On the work front, Sunil will be seen in Welcome to the Jungle. This film has stars like Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Disha Patani, Raveena Tandon, Shreyas Talpade. Apart from this, Sunil will be seen in the film Heraferi 3.