Neil hides stunts from dad

Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh, who has done some daredevil stunts in his forthcoming film "Lafangey Parindey", says he never speaks to his singer father Nitin Mukesh about these dangerous scenes.

"I don’t tell my father what stunts I am doing. Instead of me, he will try and do them. He knows I am not going to tell him about what stunts I am doing. During 'Aa Dekhen Zara', I had jumped from nine-storied building. After jumping, I had called dad and said that I am all right," Neil told IANS in an interview.

Even when he did stunts in director Pradeep Sarkar's "Lafangey Parindey", Neil didn’t inform his dad.

"This time when I finished my stunts, I called him and said all went well. It’s okay with him now. It’s a part of our life. We have to do these things," he said.

"Must give a lot of credit to action director Shyam Kaushal. He had choreographed the stunts very well and trained me properly before the shoot," said Neil.

But Neil refuses to promote such stunts.

"I won’t promote these stunts. I don’t want anyone to try them. We did it only and purely for entertainment. There were many people, enough security and roads were blocked before we performed the stunts. One should never try them," said Neil.

Set in the mean streets of Mumbai, "Lafangey Parindey" is a love story where Neil plays Nandu, a boxer who pummels his opponents blindfolded. Deepika Padukone features as Pinky Palkar, an ambitious blind girl who dances with roller skates on her feet.

In the film, Neil teaches Deepika to see and she teaches him how to love.

source: timesofindia

Neil risks all on bike for Lafangey Parindey

Last October, Neil Nitin Mukesh was driving down Marine Drive when he was spotted by an excited fan on a bike who screamed out his name. He started driving in circles around Neil’s Audi Q7. The actor waved to him and told him to drive safely.

The biker boy zoomed past, then, as Neil was waiting at a red light, caught and attempted a quick spin on his hot wheels. He lost control and the bike skidded straight into Neil’s precious car,denting it badly.

Recalling the incident, Neil remembers how frustrated he felt watching someone risk his life to prove his machismo.“It was a stupid thing to do,” says the star,who was back on Marine Drive the next evening in his car.“These things happen, thank God no one was hurt.” Nine months later,you see Neil pulling the same stunt in the promos of the soon-to-release Yashraj film, Lafangey Parindey. He admits that his character, One-shot Nandu, has the same free spirit and careless daredevilry of that biker boy. And to play this ‘sadak chaap’Rambo convincingly,it’sNeil and not his double,who you see dirty fighting in the ring or balancing atop a bike.

Death-defying stunts The actor admits that he was covered in bruises for a major part of the shoot but insists that before he attempted the death defying action sequences, he was properly trained by action director Sham Kaushal. Kaushal had earlier thrown him off the 18th floor of abuilding in Aa Dekhen Zara and pushed him into a busy street in front of speeding cars in New York.

“We took all precautions but even then, I knew that an accident could happen anytime because the bike is just a machine” Neil points out. The mishap occurred when he was imitating Leonardo DiCaprio’s Titanic-like pose atop a speeding bike with another bike racing parallel.
“My bike went over a manhole we hadn’t seen and I lost my balance. Fortunately,I quickly managed to jump back on and wasn’t seriously hurt.

But it was a heart-stopping moment. And I would advise young boys not to try these stunts that have been professionally executed for your entertainment alone.” Neil’s actor,Deepika Padukone,has also done her share of action in the film.

He’s all praise for her: “She has a dancer’s flexible body, a strong mind and plenty of will power.Hats off to this gutsy girl who will take you by surprise!”

Source: HT Cafe/Hindustan Times