Amitabh
Bachcha
shot
da ge ous
tige
sce e
himself
i
‘Khoo
Pasi a’
afte
Abhishek
was
bo ,
actio
maste
ecalls:
‘A
lio
has
bee
bo
i
my
house’
Amitabh
Bachcha ’s
ea ly
yea s
i
Hi di
ci ema
we e
filled
with
physically
dema di g
actio
seque ces,
ma y
pe fo med
without
the
safety
measu es
available
to
acto s
today.
O e
such
i cide t
occu ed
du i g
the
maki g
of
‘Khoo
Pasi a’,
whe
Bachcha
decided
to
face
a
eal
tige
o
came a.
Vete a
actio
maste
Moha
Baggad
has
ow
ecalled
how
the
bi th
of
Bachcha ’s
so
Abhishek
u expectedly
gave
the
acto
the
co fide ce
to
attempt
the
da ge ous
seque ce.Befo e
Big
B
stepped
i to
the
sce e,
Moha
Baggad
was
espo sible
fo
pe fo mi g
the
seque ce.
The
make s
wa ted
a
stu t
pe fo me
who
would
look
co vi ci g
alo gside
Bachcha ,
so
actio
di ecto
Vee u
Devga
app oached
Baggad.Speaki g
to
Hi di
Rush,
Baggad
ecalled
his
e vous ess
whe
told
the
stu t
i volved
a
tige .“I
did
a
stu t
fo
Amitabh
Bachcha
i
Khoo
Pasi a,
which
had
a
tige .
The
o igi al
stu t
guy
fo
Amit
ji
had
a
da k
complexio .
So,
the
make s
thought
it
would ’t
wo k.
The
di ecto
asked
Vee u
Devga
(actio
di ecto )
if
o e
of
his
team
membe s
could
do
it
i stead.
He
asked
me
if
I
would
do
it.
I
said
yes
though
I
was
sca ed
si ce
it
was
with
a
tige .”The
p ecautio s
we e
limited,
a d
Baggad
was
specifically
wa ed
agai st
co f o ti g
the
a imal
di ectly.
“I
was
asked
ot
to
face
the
tige .
If
it
hit
me
with
its
paw,
it
could
mutilate
my
face!
Afte
doi g
a
few
shots,
I
got
used
to
it.
So,
I
did
the
sce e
fo
the
ext
two
to
th ee
days.
Whe
Amit
ji
saw
me,
he
also
got
the
e cou ageme t
a d
said,
‘I’d
do
the
sce e
too,’”
added
Moha .
News
f om
home
cha ged
the
atmosphe e
What
happe ed
ext
became
o e
of
the
most
memo able
pa ts
of
Baggad’s
ecollectio .
The
cast
a d
c ew
we e
shooti g
i
Ka divali
whe
Amitabh
Bachcha
eceived
ews
that
his
so
was
bo
o
Feb ua y
5,
1976.
Baggad
ecalled
Bachcha ’s
eactio
a d
how
the
acto
co ected
his
ewbo
so ‘s
a ival
with
the
da ge ous
sce e
he
was
about
to
pe fo m.“We
we e
shooti g
i
Ka divali,
a d
he
got
a
call
sayi g,
‘Aap
ke
gha
mei
ladka
paida
hua
hai.’
So,
he
said,
‘Ye
she
hai
toh
mai
bhi
she
hu.
Me e
gha
pe
ek
she
paida
hua
hai.’
So,
he
also
gave
some
ice
shots.”
(A
so
has
bee
bo
i
you
house.”
So,
he
said,
“If
he
is
a
lio ,
the
I
am
a
lio
too.
A
lio
has
bee
bo
i
my
house)Fo
Amitabh
Bachcha ,
the
mome t
appea ed
to
p ovide
a
pe so al
boost
of
co fide ce.
The
acto
we t
ahead
with
the
seque ce
himself,
despite
k owi g
the
isks
i volved.
Whe
eal
a imals
made
actio
seque ces
u p edictable
The
da ge s
of
wo ki g
with
wild
a imals
we e
ot
limited
to
the
possibility
of
a
bad
take.
Baggad
evealed
that
the
tige
k ocked
him
dow
du i g
‘Khoo
Pasi a’,
causi g
his
head
to
hit
the
g ou d
a d
leavi g
him
u co scious.A othe
i cide t
occu ed
while
he
was
pe fo mi g
a
tige
seque ce
fo
Bachcha
i
Rakesh
Kuma ’s
‘M .
Natwa lal’.
The
stu t
left
visible
ma ks
o
Baggad’s
face.
“The
tige
hit
me
with
its
paw,
so
I
still
have
i ju y
ma ks
o
my
face.
A othe
f ie d
of
mi e
eve
got
10-12
stitches,”
said
Moha .Acco di g
to
him,
the
a imals
we e
ot
t ai ed
pe fo me s,
maki g
eve y
i te actio
u p edictable.
“The
tige s
we e ’t
t ai ed.
O ly
thei
mouths
we e
stitched.
But
si ce
they’d
get
a g y
by
that,
they’d
attack
eve yo e,”
he
added.
Dha me d a
was
equally
fea less
Baggad
also
emembe ed
a othe
majo
sta
who
was
willi g
to
put
himself
di ectly
i to
da ge ous
a imal
seque ces.
Dha me d a,
he
said,
did
ot
depe d
o
a
stu t
double
while
filmi g
sce es
i volvi g
a
leopa d
fo
‘Ka tavya’.“Dha me d a
shot
the
sce es
with
the
leopa d
himself
i
Ka tavya.
He
would
ot
use
duplicates,”
evealed
Moha ,
efe i g
to
Moha
Segal’s
1979
actio
film.These
sto ies
offe
a
glimpse
i to
a
e a
whe
leadi g
acto s
a d
stu t
pe fo me s
outi ely
faced
eal
physical
da ge s
while
filmi g
actio
sce es,
lo g
befo e
tech ology
a d
visual
effects
t a sfo med
how
such
seque ces
we e
c eated.
