{"id":56919,"date":"2018-10-04T17:44:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T00:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=56919"},"modified":"2018-10-04T17:44:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T00:44:13","slug":"not-my-age-to-do-action-big-b-on-thugs-of-hindostan-stunts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/not-my-age-to-do-action-big-b-on-thugs-of-hindostan-stunts\/","title":{"rendered":"Not My Age to Do Action: Big B on \u201cThugs of Hindostan\u201d Stunts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amitabh Bachchan during the trailer launch of movie ‘Thugs of Hindostan,’ in Mumbai, Sept. 27. (Shashank Parade\/PTI)<\/em><\/p>\n

Amitabh Bachchan said, Sept. 27, he broke several bones shooting for action sequences in \u201cThugs of Hindostan,\u201d but he went with the flow to honor director Vijay Krishna Acharya\u2019s wishes.<\/p>\n

In March, his \u201cThugs\u201d co-star Aamir Khan revealed that the megastar had suffered a shoulder and back injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not my age to do all this but our director asked us to do so I did it. There is no part of the body that has not been broken and there is no doctor that I haven\u2019t met. There is not much improvement,\u201d Bachchan, 75, told reporters.<\/p>\n

He was speaking at the trailer launch of \u201cThugs of Hindostan.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor added shooting the action sequences in rains added to his woes.<\/p>\n

\u201cHad they made me wear normal clothes, it would have been easier but I was made to wear armor. They made me wear leather clothes and it was so heavy, it was about 30-40 kg, then they gave me a sword, turban and long hair.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took three hours for me to get ready. The most dangerous part was all the action sequences were shot in rains due to which the clothes got all the more heavy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Contrary to popular view, Bachchan believes technological advancement has made the job of an actor more difficult.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter technology has become advanced, people rather look more into detailing. We have to work harder. Don\u2019t think because of technology our work has become easy.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo some extent visually, it has become a lot more presentable. But in the old days, we chose large locations, shot at the location and everything was done immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

There were reports that \u201cThugs…\u201d is based on Philip Meadows Taylor\u2019s 1839 novel \u201cConfessions of a Thug.\u201d The film was also compared to Hollywood blockbuster \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d series.<\/p>\n

Acharya rubbished the rumors, saying, \u201cIt is not based on any novel. It is a called \u2018Thugs..\u2019 so maybe people felt it is related to a book that came on thugs. But it is not. Whenever we have made period films, we have made it very reverential.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt maybe we make a little irrelevant film in which there is a character who is not noble and that might be interesting. It is hard to get people come to theatres and they might come in if there is some spectacle.\u201d<\/p>\n

On comparisons \u201cPirates of Carribean,\u201d Aamir said, \u201cIt is an action-adventure film so in that case the genre is similar to \u2018Pirates…\u2019. But story-wise, there is no similarity between the two films.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amitabh Bachchan during the trailer launch of movie ‘Thugs of Hindostan,’ in Mumbai, Sept. 27. (Shashank Parade\/PTI) Amitabh Bachchan said, Sept. 27, he broke several bones shooting for action sequences in \u201cThugs of Hindostan,\u201d but he went with the flow to honor director Vijay Krishna Acharya\u2019s wishes. In March, his \u201cThugs\u201d co-star Aamir Khan revealed…<\/p>\n

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