Rough and ready

The Rowdy Rathore trio's job description on Thursday didn't end with just playing guest-editors for tabloid!.

Apart from making cutting, incisive remarks on what they wanted to see in their dream edition, Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and Prabhu Deva were game for answering questions sent in by readers.

From fronting their own cricket teams to Kumar's impending fatherhood, the readers had the whole length covered.

What's the rowdiest thing that you guys have done in your life?

Prabhu Deva: Direct Rowdy Rathore, and frankly: directing them can get a bit rowdy.

Sonakshi Sinha: I am a rowdy girl. But I can't think of anything rowdy right now. He [Kumar] is the one who pulls all kinds of pranks on others.

Akshay Kumar: I have done so many rowdy things in my life. So this role was not difficult for me to play at all.

I am one of those guys who would stand outside a college gate when the classes were on and look out for girls. I teased them, in a good way. For instance, if you spot a beautiful girl walking along, you say something beautiful to them. There's nothing wrong with that. Also, the girls like hearing it because when you don't say it they get a bit worried. They feel like giving you a black eye. [Kumar demonstrates it by swinging a fake punch at Sinha.]

Congratulations. How does it feel to be a dad again and have you decided on a name?

Kumar: Thank you. I have not decided on any name because we do not know the gender yet. It feels great to be a father again. I would just ask you to pray for his or her health and for the mother's health.

Sonakshi, when will we see you in a miniskirt?

I doubt whether you will see me in a miniskirt any time soon, because I have never worn one in normal, everyday life. You might see me in Western clothes once in a while, but these days for my film promotions, you will see me in clothes that I am wearing on-screen.

I was born and brought up in Mumbai, so I am essentially a jeans and T-shirt girl.

Akshay, will we see you work with Ghajini director [A.R. Murugadoss] alongside Katrina Kaif?

Nothing has been finalised yet.

What's the one thing I would like to change about Bollywood?

Kumar: The one thing I would like to change about Bollywood is directors to direct films and actors to turn up on the sets on time. I hope all Bollywood directors would finish a film on time within the budgets planned. Prabhu Deva is one of them. He's what you call a producer's director. He knows about his budgets and works within that.

Sinha: Bollywood is changing as we speak. I don't want to change anything about it. I believe I have come into the industry at a very good time. [Kumar pitches in: She came at a time when heroines are getting paid better.

Deva: I am very new to Bollywood, so I can't really say much about it.

Any plan of buying an IPL team?

Kumar: I love and enjoy watching cricket. But buying a team involves so much stress. For instance, if your team is not winning and something is not going right you end up with a lots of tension. I have no plans of buying a team.

Sonakshi, if you were to choose between Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, who would it be?

Sinha: Why do I need to choose between them? I am working with both actors. Yes, I have the best of both worlds.