Pathan, Shah Rukh Khan’s comeback flick, will undoubtedly be a stylish action thriller. While numerous footage of SRK fighting on top of her car have gone viral from Dubai, a new rumour claims that producer Aditya Chopra has gone all out. According to a report in Mid-Day, Aditya Chopra has enlisted the help of four action filmmakers to film a series of high-octane stunt sequences starring SRK, John Abraham, and others.
While the identities of the four action directors have yet to be revealed, the article claims that South African stuntman Craig MacRae has begun work on the project.
A trade source informed Pinkvilla, “Craig, who runs the stunt company, Titan Stunts with Katja Hopkins, and his four-member team landed in the city on June 8. After quarantining at a Juhu hotel, the team joined Shah Rukh and John Abraham this week.”
“The actors kicked off the latest schedule with confrontation scenes, and will film major fight sequences early next month. Craig is a highly-skilled martial artiste too, and has designed sequences for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Bloodshot (2020) and War (2019).”
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“The idea behind having different experts is to have breathtaking stunts in the movie, ranging from martial arts to hand-to-hand combat and chase sequences. Adi and Maneesh intend to conduct a schedule in Europe sometime between July and August, but the plan depends on the travel restrictions in the countries at the time. So, they are torn between two possibilities — either fly down the chosen stunt coordinators to India and shoot the sequences, or have them join the cast abroad,” the source added.
