After
a
rigorous
crash-course
in
Taekwondo
in
Bangkok,
Neil
Nitin
Mukesh
not
only
performed
the
martial
arts
for
the
camera
but
also
directed
the
action
scenes
for
himself.
A
sure
sign
of
this
young
actor's
progression
towards
his
ultimate
goal,
direction.
In
fact
Neil's
mentor,
Yash
Raj
Films,
have
already
reserved
the
rights
verbally
to
launch
Neil
as
a
director.
Laughs
the
young
actor,
"That
is
some
way
off.
But
yes,
I
do
plan
to
direct
my
own
film
some
day,
and
not
in
the
distant
future.
In
the
meanwhile
I
am
here
in
Bangkok
and
I've
directed
all
the
stunts
for
an
ad
we
shot
for
Gen-
X
innerwear.
You
could
say
my
career
as
a
director
has
started."
It
was
Neil's
idea
that
the
ad
should
have
plenty
of
adrenaline-pumping
action.
Last
week
after
his
leading
lady
Deepika
Padukone
left
to
shoot
with
Imran
Khan
in
Delhi,
Neil
Nitin
Mukesh
suddenly
took
off
for
Bangkok
for
a
week
to
learn
the
popular
martial
art
Taekwondo,
shoot
the
action
ad
and
then
shoot
another
very
erotic
ad.
Speaking
from
Bangkok
and
sounding
quite
out
of
breath
Neil
said,
"It
was
my
idea
to
combine
the
shooting
of
two
back-to-back
ads
in
Bangkok
after
my
dates
for
Yash
Raj
were
readjusted.
It's
been
a
super-hectic
time
since
I
arrived
here.
I
first
shot
an
action
ad
for
the
innerwear
and
then
I'm
now
shooting
a
really
erotic
ad
for
a
deodorant
with
all
these
firang
babes.
It
was
supposed
to
be
like
first
the
action
and
then
the
araam."
Since
the
deodorant
is
aphrodisiacal
Neil
suggested
the
concept
with
a
dozen
sexy
models.
Neil
was
seen
in
the
company
of
at
least
a
couple
of
these
Caucasian
models
in
Bangkok
after
shooting.
A
sure
sign
of
his
newly
acquired
single
status.
"It's
more
a
sign
of
the
fact
that
I
get
lonely
and
bored
every
time
I'm
away
from
home.
Fortunately,
the
work
schedule
here
has
been
really
tough
so
I've
no
time
to
get
lonely.
First
the
training
in
Taekwondo,
then
the
shooting
for
the
action
ad.
And
then
the
erotic
ad
with
the
babes.
I
thought
the
first
ad
would
be
strenuous
and
the
second
one
will
be
relaxing.
But
shooting
with
all
those
sexy
women
is
even
more
hard
work
than
doing
stunts",
Neil
winks.
Incidentally,
the
Taekwondo
training
is
not
just
for
the
ad
that
Neil
has
just
shot
in
Bangkok.
It's
also
for
Dhoom
3
which
Yash
Raj
is
getting
ready
to
shoot.
But
Neil
isn't
talking
about
that
yet.
He
returns
to
Mumbai
on
March
27.
Story first published: Friday, March 26, 2010, 15:49 [IST]