Rohit Shetty says Akshay insisted on a helicopter stunt with no harness during Sooryavanshi's shoot

Filmmaker Rohit Shetty shared how Akshay Kumar is a daring actor. He who is known to stay fit with his everyday routine revealed how back in day, performing own stunts would leave m with several fractures and stitches.

Rohit Shetty shares an anecdote from Sooryavanshi's filming days

In a candid chat on Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa's podcast, Rohit Shetty hailed Akshay Kumar for maintaining his physique. He also revisited a scene from ir 2021 film Sooryavanshi where actor was hanging on a helicopter without support of a harness. 

Rohit Shetty narrated that scene was shot in Bangkok. He h instructed pilot that it was just a "safety shot" and helicopter was supposed to just go up and n come down. He h also affirmed not to go around.

"He (Akshay Kumar) talked pilot into it and I saw that he took around helicopter while Akshay was hanging on his hand, his entire body weight was on his hand. Main jo bhka hun pilot par (I got so angry at pilot) and he said, ‘Inhone bola tha’ (pointing towards Kumar),” Rohit Shetty shared.

filmmaker retained shot in final edit of film. 

Rohit Shetty recalls how actors hurt mselves while performing stunts in 90s 

Rohit Shetty also shared how Akshay Kumar, Suneil Shetty, and Ajay Devgn hurt mselves bly while performing ir stunts during initial phase of ir career. director said that at that time it was real and all of m h broken ir bones. "Be it Akshay Kumar, Suneil Shetty or Ajay Devgn. Someone h 11 fractures, someone h 8 fractures, and someone worked with stitches," he ded.

He also shared that Ajay and Akshay used to jump from 4th and 6th floor and re was no use of CGI n. He also ded that in today's time performing stunts is safer and all safety measures are taken with vanced technology in place.