Highlights
- Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor has always maintained that she loves romantic and glamorous roles but she has apparently shed her feminine image and done some real action sequences for upcoming film Agent Vinod, produced by her beau Saif Ali Khan.
- Saif, the central character in the spy thriller, has said his leading lady was initially hesitant to do stunts but later agreed and she has done a commendable job.
- Since Agent Vinod is an action flick, stunts are bound to be an integral part of it. Even the promos show hard core action and chasing sequences of car and bikes.
- "She (Kareena) had said she does not like doing action but she is very good at it. She has got pretty intense expression when she does it. She was very very good while doing it," Saif maintained.
- Last year, Kareena had injured herself while shooting in New Delhi for a high-octane stunt sequence for the film.
- Interestingly, even Saif had a tough time doing action and ended hurting himself quite often.
- "As far as me doing action, I thought it would be fun but every inch of my body was bruised and coloured in some amazing purple, yellow blotches...I had not seen something like this ever. I have done everything myself which I am excited about," the National Award winning actor said.
- "In love stories you need proper timing, I thought action would be easy, but it is not...it is physically very demanding," the 41-year-old actor stated.
- Usually, in spy thrillers heroines are often used as a prop and do not have proper characters, but Saif insists his leading lady has a strong role.
- "There is a very strong role for the girl's character. The presentation and treatment of it is something different... she does justice to the role and the role does justice to her. She is very good in the film," Saif said.
- Kareena may not be a trained Kathak dancer but she underwent vigorous training to be perfect for doing a mujra (an elaborate dance form developed in medieval era) in Agent Vinod, he said.
- "We have a classic mujra which we haven't seen in a long time. It is again a decision that we after took a lot of thinking; should we do an item, should we get another big star and do something really hot. But most Hindi films today have hot songs. Hot in terms of outfits they are wearing and the presentation of the camera."
- "So we thought we will go in a slightly different way and try and make it different in terms of music, expression. I believe Dinesh Vijan (co-producer) was also pushing for mujra than a raunchy kind of item song. We need to make our item a little different, so we did this," he revealed.
- The Sriram Raghavan-directed venture, which was beset with problems in its early stages, will finally release on March 23.
Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor hasalways maintained that she loves romantic and glamorous rolesbut she has apparently shed her feminine image and done somereal action sequences for upcoming film
Agent Vinod,produced by her beau Saif Ali Khan.
Saif, the central character in the spy thriller, hassaid his leading lady was initially hesitant to do stuntsbut later agreed and she has done a commendable job.
Since
Agent Vinod is an action flick, stunts arebound to be an integral part of it. Even the promos show hardcore action and chasing sequences of car and bikes.
"She (Kareena) had said she does not like doing actionbut she is very good at it. She has got pretty intenseexpression when she does it. She was very very good whiledoing it," Saif maintained.
Last year, Kareena had injured herself while shootingin New Delhi for a high-octane stunt sequence for the film.
Interestingly, even Saif had a tough time doing actionand ended hurting himself quite often.
"As far as me doing action, I thought it would be funbut every inch of my body was bruised and coloured in someamazing purple, yellow blotches...I had not seen somethinglike this ever. I have done everything myself which I amexcited about," the National Award winning actor said.
"In love stories you need proper timing, I thoughtaction would be easy, but it is not...it is physically verydemanding," the 41-year-old actor stated.
Usually, in spy thrillers heroines are often used as aprop and do not have proper characters, but Saif insists hisleading lady has a strong role.
"There is a very strong role for the girl's character.The presentation and treatment of it is something different...she does justice to the role and the role does justice to her.She is very good in the film," Saif said.
Kareena may not be a trained Kathak dancer but sheunderwent vigorous training to be perfect for doing a
mujra(an elaborate dance form developed in medieval era) in
AgentVinod, he said.
"We have a classic
mujra which we haven't seen in along time. It is again a decision that we after took a lot ofthinking; should we do an item, should we get another big starand do something really hot. But most Hindi films today havehot songs. Hot in terms of outfits they are wearing and thepresentation of the camera."
"So we thought we will go in a slightly different wayand try and make it different in terms of music, expression. Ibelieve Dinesh Vijan (co-producer) was also pushing for mujrathan a raunchy kind of item song. We need to make our item alittle different, so we did this," he revealed.
The Sriram Raghavan-directed venture, which was besetwith problems in its early stages, will finally release onMarch 23.