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Bollywood is turning super-athletic. Not only are we being
prepared for a series of sport-centric films, like Shimit Amin's
"Chak De" (hockey), Vivek Agnihotri's "Goal" (football) and Nisha
Chainani's "Mumbai Marathon", our heroes are constantly trying out
new adventure-sports for films.
Among the actors, however, it is Harman Baweja who takes the
cake. By practising the adventurous outdoor sport parkour, the
actor who will make his debut with "Love Story 2050" along side
Priyanka Chopra, has just become Indian cinema's first certifiable
traceur (parkour practitioner).
Explaining the nature of the sport, Harman told IANS: "Parkour is
actually urban free running. What it requires you to do is run
across streets, building precipices, skyscrapers in one linear
movement without breaking the momentum and without being mindful of
the hurdles. That's precisely what I've done in 'Love Story
2050'".
Apparently, Harman was severely bruised and battered while doing
the unprecedented stunts.
"It wasn't easy. But nothing challenging is easy. And I love
challenges. Our audiences are bored of watching the same supposedly
heart-in-the-mouth stunts. They want to see new stunts.
"They got it in 'Dhoom' and 'Krrish'. Hopefully, what I've
done in 'Love Story 2050' will also be a new experience. Jumping
from skyscrapers is passй. Jumping over them is the new
high," he said.
As far as actors go, in Anubhav Sinha's forthcoming "Cash",
Riteish Deshmukh does Street Luge, which involves lying down on a
skateboard and chasing cars.
Earlier, in "Dhoom 2", Hrithik surprised moviegoers by practising
water and ice sports that Indian audiences had never seen.
Indo-Asian News Service
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