Published 23:47 IST, February 7th 2024

Teja Sajja Thought He'd Die While Performing Action Sequences In HanuMan: I Pushed Myself To...

HanuMan actor Teja Sajja in a recent interview revealed that he thought he would die while performing the action sequences in the movie.

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A still from HanuMan | Image: Instagram/Prasanth Varma
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Teja Sajja who played le in recent hit film HanuMan has revealed a chilling anecdote of his experience while shooting fantasy-mythological movie. Amid film's success and widespre acclaim, Teja expressed his fear of dying while performing risky stunts for production.

Teja said that he h thought of dying while performing stunts in HanuMan

In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Teja disclosed that due to production constraints, y were unable to hire a stunt double which compelled him to undertake all dangerous sequences himself. When asked about his deepest concerns during shoot, Teja confessed, "Deep down? That I might die someday while doing action sequences."

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Teja Sajja in HanuMan | Image: IMDb

actor detailed challenges faced during filming and said, "We were doing very risky stunts. Because of resources that we h, and constraints that we h, we didn’t have any body double or he replacement shots. All stunts that you see in film are done by me. So re were many such occasions where I pushed myself to edge but as I said, it’s all worth it."

When HanuMan director also dressed difficulties y faced

Directed by Prasanth Varma, HanuMan me its debut on Makar Sankranti weekend. Despite facing stiff competition from Mahesh Babu’s Guntur Kaaram, film garnered immense success in Telugu states and gained momentum nationwide after its initial release.

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Teja Sajja in HanuMan | Image: IMDb

In a previous conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Prasanth shared insights into dangerous situations encountered during filming. Varma recalled instances where Teja and or actors narrowly escaped potentially fatal accidents. One such incident involved a snake, described as a "nallatraju" (cobra) in Telugu, which went unnoticed by crew during a shoot. Varma mitted, "If it h bitten him, he would have died. But nothing of that sort happened."

22:59 IST, February 7th 2024