Until a few years ago, our Bollywood actors didn't really find it necessary to stay in shape and flaunt well-toned & chiseled bodies. Couple of decades back, Sanjay Dutt and Sunny Deol started the trend of actors displaying their physique on screen. However, it was only after the arrival of Salman Khan that every young actor, wannabe models & actors started hitting the gym with a vengeance. However, the older lot of actors who were in their 40's still didn't find it mandatory to flaunt their bare bodies on screen. All this changed when Shah Rukh Khan decided to give the young actors a run for their money by working out and flaunting his six-pack in the ''Dard-e-Disco'' track in 'Om Shanti Om'. Soon six-pack became the buzzword and every actor (young or old) has been hitting the gym (some to stay in shape while others to flaunt their torso on screen).
We bring you the best of bare-chested Bollywood hunks.
Salman Khan
It would not be fair to start this gallery with any other actor except Salman Khan. After all, he is the one who started it nearly two decades ago. Even in his first few films like 'Baaghi', 'Suryavanshi' and 'Nishchay', this gawky looking teenager didn't mind flaunting his body( though he wasn't really muscular and beefed-up then).Post that films like 'Veergati' and 'Judwaa' saw the emergence of the new and muscular Salman. However, the turning point in his chest-flaunting career was the ''Oh Oh Jaane Jaana'' song in 'Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya', which took the nation by storm and marked the arrival of Bollywood's first bare-chested hunk. Post that, it became usual for Sallu to drop his shirt in every other film. The trend has not stopped and even his upcoming release 'Hello' features Salman going bare-chested and shouting ''Bang Bang Bang''.
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