Stuntman injured during Bollywood film shooting

DUBAI — A stuntman was reportedly injured in a vehicular accident during the shooting of a Bollywood film at the Jumeirah Islands in Dubai yesterday. Khaleej Times received a call from a resident of the islands, who reported the accident. The caller declined to identify herself, and said that the residents were upset with the shooting of the film in the islands’ compound.

By Zaigham Ali Mirza

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Published: Sun 19 Feb 2006, 10:18 AM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 6:50 PM

According to labourer’s working close to the location of the shooting “the stunt driver was in a black Mercedes that turned turtle during the shooting of a chase sequence.” Onlookers who had gathered to see the shooting told Khaleej Times that though the accident was not minor, the stuntman was “not that seriously hurt.”

Rajendra, who claimed to have spent hours at the location watching the shooting, said that he saw the vehicle involved in the accident fall on its side during his noon break. “It looked like a nasty mishap, but I don’t know what happened to the stuntman. There was an ambulance there, though,” he said.

A member of the crew involved in the shooting denied there had been any accident, and declined to comment further on the issue. He said that the crew is shooting for a Hindi film titled ‘Welcome’, which stars Akshay Kumar among others, and is directed by Anees Bazmi, one of Bollywood’s most sought after directors. The writer-director also directed the 2005 blockbuster Salman-starrer ‘No Entry’. Akshay Kumar was on location for the shooting yesterday.


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