‘Hrithik Roshan refused to use body double for elephant fight scene in Jodhaa Akbar, did it himself’: Stunt director Ravi Dewan

Talking about the scene in which Hrithik was seen attempting to calm a wild and rampaging elephant, Dewan said, “Everyday when Hrithik used to pack-up from other shoots, he used to give the elephant bananas in an attempt to become familiar and friendly with the elephant. It was very hot when we were shooting. After every shot we used to put water on the elephant. Hrithik himself did the sequence where he had to tame the elephant.”

The director was all praise for Aishwarya and said that majority of the sword sequences in the film were done by. He said, “In the whole film, Hrithik and Aishwarya did their stunts on their own without any help. Even though her face was covered in the (sword fight) scene, she still did it herself. We had booked the Mehboob studio and we used to train everybody there. There were a lot of films after Jodhaa Akbar, but there was none which matched the grandeur and action of Jodhaa Akbar.”

Jodhaa Akbar was released in 2008 and Hrithik portrayed the role of Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar and Aishwarya Rai played Princess Jodha Bai.