Bollywood has never shied away from making its action sequences more racy. And with rising competition, stunts in Hindi films are getting intriguing by the day.
The latest trend is to rope in Hollywood action gurus to choreograph action sequences and the latest star to echo this tune is actor Akshay Kumar, who roped in Parkour specialist Cyril Raffaelli for his next action flick Baby.
The film, helmed by Neeraj Pandey, is set to release in 2015 and its sequences will be styled by Cyril who is also a martial arts expert and has been associated with Hollywood films like The Incredible HulkTekkenDjinnsKhiladiKhakhiHoliday: A Soldier is Never Off DutyRowdy Rathoreguru
But this is not where Bollywood's fascination with Hollywood stuntmen ends. Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta has also reportedly roped in Fast and FuriousBad Boys II, The Expendables, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Training DayVantage PointRa. OneBang BangThe Amazing Spiderman 2
But then there are some exceptions to the herd as well. Filmmakers like Sajid Nadiawala, Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan, and a few others would much rather put their faith in the home grown stunt coordinators and specialist. Case in point, Anal Arasu who has worked for Salman Khan starrer films like Kick, Dabangg 2, Jai HoSingham Returns
Also, it is impossible to not talk about Rohit Shetty when it comes to stunts and action. The son of popular stunt director MS Shetty, aka 'Fighter Shetty' Rohit likes to keep the action coordination under his control. His stunt sequences are some of the most exceptional ones seen in Bollywood.
Even South Indian directors put immense faith in Indian stunt coordinators. Shankar's IGhajini, Robot