What are the stunts you have done, and how did you prepare for them?
I have done everything in this film that anyone can aspire to do in an action film -- sand boarding, snow boarding, sky diving, train walking, jumping off a cliff, bikes, cars -- everything that you can think of.
What I realised was that what I had done for Krrish was nothing in comparison. There were three months of roller blade training, which I think is the most difficult sport to pick up. And the most dangerous, 'cause if you fall, you most definitely break a bone. I have never given three months of my time to any training. Three months just for one sequence.
Then there was snow boarding for which I flew to Dubai and trained myself there in an indoor snow mountain. Then there was walking on the train doing stunts on and off the train. I was actually hooked onto a rope that I was holding onto with my bare palm, with a train at a speed of 60 km per hour and I was on a sand board just skimming behind it. A little falter and I would land on the tracks. And at that speed to land on and graze the tracks would spell nothing less than...
Yes, I have taken a few tumbles and scraped through near-death experiences, but came out feeling most exhilarated and alive ever.
What was it like working with Aishwarya and Bipasha for the first time?
It was a pleasure to work with Aishwarya because she is an actress who thinks about the entirety of the film and is not concerned with just what she is doing in isolation. It's great to work with actors like that. Her talent is definitely much beyond her looks.
Bipasha is just so casual to be with -- she's got no airs. Though I've got no scenes with her in the film, there was this schedule in Brazil. I think every film has this one particular schedule which becomes memorable because that's the one in which you all bond. On the Brazil trip -- we were for over a month in Rio -- we all bonded. Abhishek, Aishwarya, Bipasha, Uday and I. And because of some [technical] problems we had a lot of time together, so it was great. Imagine, Abhishek, Aishwarya, Bipasha, Uday, myself in our costumes swimming in the seas of Rio with not a care in the world. Nobody knew us there and it was absolutely, phenomenally exhilarating.
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