Once you cross your prime age and enter the 50-club, needless to say, actors should not risk themselves by doing daredevil stunts. But by looking at 56-year-old Tom Cruise and his stuns in the latest Mission Impossible series, many Indian heroes want to emulate him.
Even after the stunt director and others told him not to perform his own stunts, senior hero Rajasekhar didn’t pay heed to them. Other day when he is filming for the upcoming film “Kalki”, being directed by Prashant Varma on Awe! Fame, the actor fell flat on his face during an action sequence. That led to bruises and blood on his face.
However, the actor asked the team to ignore his injuries and continued with the schedule as usual by applying makeup on his face and doing the work. That dedication is praiseworthy but in the end what are those injuries for? Had he used a body double, today he would have not got cut himself.
Star heroes like Tom Cruise and Akshay Kumar are fully fit and they are into this stunts from last three decades. That makes them less vulnerable to injuries even though they entered the 50 clubs.