New Delhi, Aug 8 - Brazilian beauty Bruna Abdullah, actresses Rupali Ganguly, Nauheed Cyrusi and VJ Anushka Manchanda are all ga-ga over Akshay Kumar. No, they don't have a crush on him, but say the Bollywood star was a 'motivating and inspiring' host for the second edition of adventure reality show 'Khatron Ke Khiladi - Level 2'.

All of them are participants on the show and feel Akshay motivated them to push their limits to accomplish tasks and often eased a tough situation by cracking jokes.

'Akshay was the best host possible for this show. If I wasn't able to do a task easily, he used to motivate me. Even if any of us backed out of a task, he would give us plenty of pep talk and used to ask us to push our limits. He was a super teacher,' Rupali Ganguly, who was earlier seen on reality show 'Big Boss', told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

'Khatron Ke Khiladi - Level 2' has 13 celebrity women, including Mandira Bedi, Shweta Salve, Rosa Catalano, Sushma Reddy, Carol Gracias and Shonali Nagrani among others and each of them has a male partner and they compete with each other to win Rs.5 million as prize money.

The show was shot in Cape Town and will air on Colors in September.

Nauheed Cyrusi, best remembered as the 'Piya basanti re' girl, says Akshay was a constant support system for her.

'I knew that Akshay Kumar, the big star, was going to host the show. I didn't know what to expect from him because I'd never met him before. But when I met him, he was so real. He helped me a great deal and was super approachable,' said Nauheed.

'He was a complete support system for all of us there.