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

Ashutosh Gowariker’s magnum opus Jodhaa Akbar starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is one such film that set the bar for Bollywood historical films. Bollywood stunt director Ravi Dewan has now revealed how Hrithik Roshan himself performed the dangerous stunts with an elephant  in Jodhaa Akbar. 

In an interview with Bollywood Thikana, Dewan said, “Hrithik is very professional and there were no duplicates used in that (elephant) scene. It was a female elephant and we brought her to the studio four-five months before the actual shoot, so that she becomes shooting-friendly.”

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.”