Chennai, June 8 (IANS) Actor Chethan Cheenu, who has done risky action sequences in director Shankar Sarathi’s upcoming action thriller ‘Valluvan’, has now disclosed to IANS that while shooting for a particular dangerous stunt sequence in the film, he felt for a minute that he was about to die.
In an exclusive interview to IANS, Chethan Cheenu, who is also playing the lead in well known producer K T Kunjumon’s ‘Gentleman 2’, said, ” ‘Valluvan’ is based on a real life incident. I have done the stunt sequences in this film without a body double. Two sequences were risky.”
He went on to disclose,”There’s is an interrogation sequence in the film. I look to escape from those pursuing me and jump out of a building. For this sequence, I had to jump from the fifth floor and it was a risky shot. I did it. The other shot was the one in which I felt as if I would die for a minute.”
Going on to give details of the risky shot, he said, “They put me in a blue drum and shut it. Then they smoked the drum. I felt suffocated and I thought for a minute that I was about to die. They never told me that they were going to let smoke into the drum.”
The experience, the actor said, left him rattled but then he said, he was happy the shot had come out well.
The film, which is based on the essence of four couplets from the classic Tamil language text, is based on a real incident.
Ashna Zaveri plays the lead along with Chethan Cheenu in this film, which also features a host of actors including Sai Dheena, Prem Kumar, Mesa Rajendran and Karate Raja among others.
Produced by Shylekumar Rajendran under the Aarupadai Productions, the film has been written and directed by Shankar Sarathi and has editing by San Lokesh. The film, which is slated to release on June 12, has cinematography by Suresh Bala and music by Ashwath.
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