By Mohit.bisht,News18,Priyanka Das

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Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, and Salman Khan are believed to have started the trend of chiselled bodies in Bollywood. But that’s not the absolute truth! Find out here.
Bollywood’s leading men are mostly defined by a chiselled physique and their perfectly toned abs and muscles. Since the late 90s, it has almost become a prerequisite to gaining a foothold in the film industry. (Image: X)
Leading men like Salman Khan, Suniel Shetty and Sanjay Dutt are believed to have started the trend in the 90s while it was later carried forward by the likes of Hrithik Roshan, John Abraham, Varun Dhawan, and Tiger Shroff. (Image: Instagram)
But it will amaze you to know that the trend of having a killer body was not started by a hero but by a dreaded villain of the 90s. (Image: News18 Hindi)
We are talking about the lesser-known Gavin Packard, an actor of Irish American descent who made a career out of playing henchmen to the main villain in Hindi films, often having elaborate fight scenes with the hero. (Image: Instagram)
His grandfather John Packard was an Irish American who chose to reside in Bengaluru after serving in the US Army. Gavin’s father, Earl Packard, married a Konkani woman. (Image: First Post)
Gavin, who won both state and national awards for bodybuilding, was renowned for his physique. He often showed off his physique during his fight scenes in movies, way before Salman Khan started the trend of bare-chested fights. (Image: Instagram)
While working in Mahesh Bhatt’s film Sadak, lead actor Sanjay Dutt was impressed by Gavin’s physique and decided to get trained by him. (Image: X)
Gavin also trained Suniel Shetty and has also been a personal trainer for Shera, Salman Khan’s bodyguard. Gavin and Shera knew each other before the former entered films, as they both participated in bodybuilding competitions. (Image: Facebook)
The actor suffered a bike accident in 2012 which left him bedridden. On May 18, the same year, he passed away from a respiratory condition aged just 47. (Image: Instagram)
Gavin has two daughters – Erika Packard and Kyla Packard. Erika is a model and social media personality, who has participated in two reality shows so far, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi and Chhoriyan Chali Gaon. (Image: IMDb)