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Priyanka Chopra’s fitness regime has gone for a toss just before she begins shooting for Khatron Ke Khiladi that was previously hosted by the daredevil Akshay Kumar.

The actor has shown that she likes to be a perfectionist in her work and thus has pressed the panic button because she doesn’t want to be underprepared when she does the deadly stunts that the reality show on Colors is known to belt out. By being not up to the mark on fitness would mean that Priyanka might also be running the risk of getting injured while doing the strenuous stunts as her body has not been adequately built to take the pressure and stress.

“Due to the hectic travel schedule that Priyanka has been having for the past four months having travelled to US for her movie Anjaana Anjaani, then Malaysia and now Coorg for the shooting of Saat Khoon Maaf; she hasn’t really got enough time to work on her fitness. She was in Mumbai too for three days but there was so much happening and she needed to do so much that she had no time to hit the gym. She needs to build her body and stamina to cope up with the back-breaking stunts that the show will have this time around. The stunts are getting harder and tougher every year.With her body not being in the level that can easily cope up with these action sequences, she runs a great risk,” says an insider very close to the developments.

“Priyanka understands this and has thus given a deep thought on how to work on her fitness even when she is travelling. She immediately reached a solution to her problem as she has now flown her trainer Nadir from Mumbai to her outdoor shoot in Coorg where she will be camped for nearly two months.

Priyanka now religiously makes it a point to work out on her fitness for a minimum one hour right after her shooting ends for the day. She is now shaping up very well to take on the show. Priyanka has done action before like in Don and Drona and thus her body is quite trained to handle action. She now just has to take her body back to that level,” reveals an eyewitness from Coorg.

Priyanka Chopra, who has just crossed the 200,000 mark in Twitter followers, visited the headquarter of the micro-blogging website in San Francisco after being especially invited there.

Priyanka tweeted about her visit to the headquarter where she met Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder. “My day was really interesting because I was invited to Twitter headquarter in San Francisco! Had a great time. Thanks Biz and team for the wonderful hospitality,” she posted.

The 27-year-old, who has been shooting in United States for Sajid Nadiadwala’s “Anjaana Anjaani”, has already crossed the 200,000 mark as far as her followers on Twitter are concerned. At present, she leads the Bollywood bandwagon on the site with 202,240 followers and has left stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Shahid Kapoor far behind.

“Priyanka was in the US for her movie shoot. She had to drop by at a studio for the NDTV Indian of the Year programm and there she met theTwitter team. She was invited to the headquarter office in San Francisco since she is so popular among the Bollywood celebs on Twitter,” a source close to the actress said.

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra kills her husbands in the forhtcoming Hindi movie ‘Ek Batta Saat’, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

Vishal has decided upon John Abraham, Mohanlal, Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi to play some of the husbands. Talks are on to get Irrfan Khan to play husband no. 5. Vishal, who recently went to the US, has also chosen a foreigner to play another one of her husbands.

The film has been written by Vishal and author Ruskin Bond. It is inspired by Bond’s short story Susanna’s “Seven Husbands“.

“Ek Batta Saat”, seems to be drawing a lot of attention. In the film, Priyanka, who plays the lead will have seven husbands and Vishal wants to make sure all of them look very different from each other.

Well, here is wishing Vishal all the best for finding rest of the husbands.

As usual, all Priyanka Chopra fans eagerly waiting for this movie of hers.

It’s not even halfway down the year, but Priyanka Chopra already has reasons enough to say 2009 has been “fantastic” for her. The star has already walked away with seven awards including an international honor.

“It’s been a fantastic start to 2009. Awards mean a lot to me. After you work so hard, the award validates your work. So every award has a very special place in my heart and gives me a huge sense of achievement and encouragement,” Priyanka said.

Priyanka, who scorched the screen with distinct roles in films like ‘Fashion‘ and ‘Dostana‘, was bestowed the “Nielsen Box Office awards” for outstanding contribution to Asian cinema at the “Third Annual Asian Awards” held in Hong Kong last month.

She says the award is an encouragement for her to perform better.

“I have only been in the Indian film industry for about five years now and so it was a huge surprise and an honor to have been conferred the award. This is my first international award and is definitely an encouragement for me as an actor to perform better. It was a proud moment for me to represent India at the Asian Film Awards,” she said.

The 26-year-old actress, who won the Miss World title in 2000, also walked away with the Filmfare best actress award for her performance as a supermodel in Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Fashion’.

For the same film, Priyanka also bagged the best actress award at the STAR Screen Awards, Lions Club Gold Awards as well as the Stardust Awards.

“I feel privileged to have been given the chance to essay a complex character like Meghna Mathur in ‘Fashion’ and I’m truly overwhelmed by the appreciation I have received,” she said.

“I am very grateful for the support I have received, be it from my directors and co-stars to the technicians on each film. Without them, it would not have been possible,” Priyanka added.

These apart, the now three-time Filmfare award winner also received an honour at the 10th FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) Frames this year for her contribution to entertainment and was also given a best brand ambassador award at the NDTV Profit Car and Bike Awards.

And Priyanka can expect some more prizes with the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards approaching soon.

Till then, she is busy working hard for her forthcoming films – Ashutosh Gowariker’s “What’s Your Raashee?” opposite Hurman S. Baweja and Vishal Bharadwaj’s “Kaminay” alongside Shahid Kapur.