Hrithik Roshan crowned sexiest Asian man

For the second year in a row, Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan has emerged as the sexiest Asian man in the world in an online survey conducted by a London-based weekly. The 38-year-old actor pipped the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and Ranbir Kapoor to clinch the
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[size=18]Even though he was the hot favourite and led right from the beginning, the win came as a major surprise to Indian cinema's hottest pin up. "I am extremely humbled at the decision of the public, also a little embarrassed as I just can't imagine myself as sexy! I'm actually someone who's just trying to get by with his battered, bruised and broken tools. So a big thank you to all for this dose of encouragement! Thank you Eastern Eye readers for this very sweet recognition," said Hrithik.

He beat Pakistani singer-turned-actor Ali Zafar who was the surprise runner up. 'Dabangg' hero Salman Khan finished third and last year's runner up Shahid Kapoor came fourth.

Bollywood newcomer Sidharth Malhotra was the highest new entry at fifth place and narrowly beat off popular TV star Kushal Tandon who was sixth. Shah Rukh joined the list at seventh place and wasfollowed by John Abraham at eight and Ranbir at nine.

Eastern Eye showbiz editor Asjad Nazir, who puts together the very popular list and is chairman of the judging panel, aid despite having the best physique, those voting for rithik were impressed by a lot of his other qualities. "Although guys and girls from different age groups, ultures and countries pushed Hrithik to the top of the list hey all pin-pointed different qualities that make him the exiest man on the planet. Whilst some were impressed by hisphysique and good looks, others liked that he is humble, and oted family man, father and hardworking individual.


Eastern Eye showbiz editor Asjad Nazir, who puts together the very popular list and is chairman of the judging panel, aid despite having the best physique, those voting for rithik were impressed by a lot of his other qualities. "Although guys and girls from different age groups, ultures and countries pushed Hrithik to the top of the list hey all pin-pointed different qualities that make him the exiest man on the planet. Whilst some were impressed by hisphysique and good looks, others liked that he is humble, and oted family man, father and hardworking individual.

"This not only makes Hrithik the perfect role model, butthe dream man of women around the world and someone men areaspiring to be like. The mass global appeal means it will onlybe a matter of time before he becomes an even biggerinternational star," said Nazir.

The list had a massive group of television stars thatinclude Barun Sobti (10), Karan Tacker (11), Gurmeet Choudhary(22), Karan Singh Grover (24), Vivian D'Sena (27) and AshishKapoor (28).

A record-breaking year in terms of voting resulted in thelist trending across Twitter for a week in India, as well asintroducing the highest ever number of newcomers. "Just like the women's list the massive emergence of thetelevision stars showed that they are catching up fast to thedominant Bollywood heroes and playing a much bigger part inthe lives of people. That probably explains why so many filmstars are using television to promote their movies. Such istheir popularity that it is highly likely a TV star could topthe list next year," said Nazir.

The top 20 also included One Direction star Zayn Malik(12), newcomer Varun Dhawan (13), singer Jay Sean (14), actorsAkshay Kumar (15), Emraan Hashmi (16) and Imran Khan (17),followed by Abhishek Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Pakistanisinger Atif Aslam.