Katrina
Kaif
pulls
off
stunt,
bearing
a
hefty
Akshay
Kumar
on
her
shoulder
for
a
scene
in
welcome
Being
an
actor
Akshay
Kumar
has
been
exposed
to
all
kinds
of
strenuous
action
scenes
for
rescuing
his
heroines
from
climbing
atop
skyscrapers
to
jumping
into
the
deep
sea.
But
this
was
one
scene
in
Anees
Bazmee"s
Welcome
that
had
the
macho
action
hero
in
splits
he
had
to
be
rescued
by
his
heroine
Katrina
Kaif!
Narrating
the
scene,
Akshay
adds
jokingly,
“What
man
in
his
right
mind
wouldn"t
want
to
be
rescued
and
carried
off
by
a
beautiful
woman?
It"s
every
man"s
dream
come
true.
My
mom
carried
me
for
nine
months
so
why
can"t
Katrina
carry
me?"
Not
Akki"s
idea
Akshay
is
known
to
conceive
of
such
whacky
concepts.
Was
it
his
idea
this
time
too?
He
laughs,
“No.
It
was
a
scene
where
I
go
into
a
fire
to
rescue
Katrina
but
when
I
go
inside
I
faint
and
she
ends
up
lifting
me
and
carrying
me
out
of
the
fire.
It
was
Anees" idea.
In
fact
when
he
told
me
about
it
he
was
a
bit
sceptical.
He
thought
I
might
not
like
the
idea
of
being
rescued
by
my
leading
lady.
But
I
told
him
that
it
was
a
wonderful
concept."
Ton-a-thon
So
how
did
Katrina
pull
off
carrying
Akshay
Kumar
and
walking
out
of
a
building?
Katrina
spills
the
beans,
“When
they
narrated
the
scene
I
was
apprehensive
as
Akshay
is
quite
massively
built.
It
would
be
like
lifting
a
ton
of
bricks
and
I
said
no
way
am
I
going
to
carry
a
ton
of
bricks
on
my
shoulders.
But
I
didn"t
have
to
actually
lift
him
as
we
had
cable
work
to
do
that.
I
had
to
put
out
the
fire
though."
Producer
Firoz
Nadiadwala
informs
us,
“In
fact,
while
shooting
for
this
particular
sequence
that
Akshay
burnt
his
right
hand
in
the
fire.
It
happened
on
the
last
day
of
shoot
and
Akshay
didn"t
tell
us
till
the
shooting
was
complete.
We
had
kept
telling
him
not
to
do
the
scene
as
it
was
quite
risky
but
he
insisted
on
going
ahead."
Story first published: Friday, December 14, 2007, 12:01 [IST]