We’ve seen Shah Rukh chase baddies on a cycle rickshaw in ‘Main Hoon Na’. If there’s anyone who ‘Khan’ do it bigger and better, it has to be Salman Khan! The ‘Dabangg’ star recently filmed some explosive action scenes for Anees Bazmee’s ‘Ready’, while zipping around on the streets of Pattaya in a ‘tuk tuk’ rick!
Apparently, Sallu suggested a thrilling action sequence involving the Thai rickshaws to director Bazmee. And what Sallu wants, he gets! The actor soon shot for a sequence in which he had to jump on to a third ‘tuk tuk’ after the first two crash into each other and blow up into pieces.
Procuring the Thai rickshaws turned out to be an expensive affair, but producer Bhushan Kumar didn’t bat an eyelid as he wants nothing but the best for his 57 crore flick. A reliable source reveals, “Since no owner wanted to have his vehicle blown up, producer Bhushan Kumar had to buy three at a cost of approximately Rs. 2 lakh each. Salman drove the tuk tuk expertly, although it was his first time doing so.”
Though Himesh Reshammiya employed the services of our local ‘rikshawallas’ for ‘Aap Kaa Surroor’, this is the first time ever that anyone’s used ‘tuk tuks’ for an action sequence in a Bollywood flick. Trust Salman Khan to come up with this innovative idea!
Producer Kumar told a tabloid, “It was Bhai’s (Salman) idea to shoot with ‘tuk tuks’ which are very fast and powerful. He wanted to shoot an action sequence nobody has done before. People have shot romantic songs or scenes perhaps but such a high voltage action sequence will be seen for the first time in ‘Ready’. People will enjoy this unique Thai action.”
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