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BOLLY WOODD TALK
When Sanjay and Zarine Khan watched their son Zayed do those never-before heart-in-the-mouth motorcycle stunts in Blue,
they threw a royal fit. Ever since his near-fatal fire accident in 1989
in Mysore during the shooting of the serial 'The Sword Of Tipu Sultan'
during which Sanjay Khan suffered extensive burns and almost lost his
life, both he and his wife are paranoid about shooting mishaps.
When their only son Zayed decided to become a movie actor, Sanjay and
Zarine's first and only pre-condition was no dangerous stunts. Says
Zayed, "It was almost like a holy diktat, not to perform anything that
would potentially harmful to me."
Until Blue,
where, on the script level itself, Zayed could see that his two lengthy
mo'bike chase sequences on the 'Ducati 999' were potentially more
lethal than anything the average action hero performs.
Says Zayed, "I had two options. Either say no to the most exciting role
I had been offered so far. Or hide the truth from my parents."
Zayed chose the latter option. And went on to do the most explosive
mo'bike stunts with his heart in his mouth. "Not because I was scared
but what would my parents think and say when they saw what I had done."
When Sanjay and Zarine Khan saw Blue, their reaction was worse than what Zayed had anticipated.
Zayed's parents were distraught. Their horror mounted as the couple saw
their son whiz past the most dangerous check posts ever created for a
stunt actor.
Says Zayed, "When I saw their reaction, I had to do some quick thinking
or else my parents would have truly freaked out and probably ordered me
to give up movies. My helmet which covered my face through most of the
mo'bike racing saved me. I told them it was a body-double doing those
stunts."
The fact is Zayed did most of the action scenes. "Am I some kind of a
sissy to let a stuntman do them? No way! I had accepted the role only
so I could do these stunts. Except the moment when my bike jumps on to
a train, all the other stunts are mine. And that train stunt, I didn't
do because my action director said he wanted me to be alive to complete
the film."
After reading this, Zayed hopes his parents would accept the truth. "If
you are an actor you got to do it all. One can be wounded even while
standing under a roof. Jo hona hoga woh hoga."
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