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Scared Mahesh Bhatt ran away screaming ‘yeh marr jayega’: Akshay Kumar recalls his most challenging stunt

Actor Akshay Kumar, who was last seen in Sky Force, opens up about his most challenging stunt in Angaaray. He said the director Mahesh Bhatt was so sure that something bad would happen, he ran away before the shot.

Akshay Kumar on his most challenging stunt in Angaaray, when Mahesh Bhatt left the sets (Photo: Humaaraphotos)

Actor Akshay Kumar is known to do his stunts himself, without using a body double. The actor’s aim is to give his audience a real action experience. While promoting his latest film Sky Force with Veer Pahariya, Akshay revealed that his most challenging stunt was in Mahesh Bhatt’s 1998 action-thriller Angaaray, when the director himself ‘ran away’ from the set and was sure something bad is going to happpen to Akshay Kumar.

In a recent interview with The Quint, the actor recalled his most challenging stunt, where he had to jump from the seventh floor of a building onto the fourth floor of another one. “There was a stunt in Angaaray which I did jumping from a seven floor building. In between, there was a road, but only one lane, and there was another building on the other side. So, I had to jump from the seventh to fourth floor. During that, my director ran away,” Akshay shared.

He further added, “Mahesh Bhatt was my director and before I could even do the stunt, he just ran away. He said, ‘Merko nahi dekhna hai, yeh marr jaayega’ (He said I don’t want to watch, he is going to die). He went away, so I did that shot without my director.”

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During a conversation at Amar Ujala Samvad in Lucknow last year, Akshay revealed the reason behind not taking the help of body doubles usually. “Our audience buys tickets of Rs 250, Rs 350 and come to watch us. They would like to see real things. I don’t want them to feel cheated. Some stunts are there, which you should not try and do it. They are very risky. That’s where you take VFX’s help,” he shared.

The Bade Miyan Chotte Miyan actor continued, “Stunts are very risky, life threatening too. But mostly, I would like to give my audience the real stuff. We go through running, we fall, we tumble. That is important. I don’t want my audience to be cheated and give them what they require. Fear is always there, but the stunts we do, we make sure it is safe enough. Even if you are jumping off this stool, you should do all safety checks. You should know how to land. Similarly, it is important that whenever we do it, we ensure nothing goes wrong.”

Meanwhile, Akshay Kumar and Veer Pahariya starrer Sky Force hit the theatres on January 24. The film has already crossed the Rs 60 crore mark and is expected to be Akshay’s first hit since OMG 2. Besides Veer and Akshay, it also stars Sara Ali Khan and Nimrat Kaur in pivotal roles. Sky Force is based on India’s first airstrike, the Sargodha airbase attack of Pakistan in the 1965 Indo-Pakistani air war.

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