SrikantÂs miraculous escape
- IndiaGlitz, [Tuesday,September 07 2004]
Srikant had a miraculous escape when he jumped from a helicopter for the shooting of Bose .
The film has Srikant playing a commando. The filmÂs entire military scenes and action is supervised by Major Ravi and has Peter Heyen as the action director. With permission from military authorities to use their Bangalore airfield and helicopter a scene was shot in which Srikant jumps from an airborne helicopter. Major Ravi had trained the actor for the perfect fall and took rehearsals.
The pilot was given the instructions to maintain a particular height for the jump. With the camera whirring the pilot initially went up more than the prescribed height. Srikant did not realize it and jumped before the copter came down to the safe height. The unit stood shocked on seeing Srikant coming flying down.. Miraculously the actor took a perfect fall and saved himself and the production from a major tragedy.