Nandana Sen flies across two 30-storey skyscrapers
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This
has
got
to
be
the
most
dangerous
stunt
ever
performed
by
a
female
actor
in
any
part
of
the
world.
Bengali
beauty
Nandana
Sen
doing
a
cross
between
Lara
Croft
and
Charlie's
Angels
in
Cape
Town
revved
-
up
a
mo-bike
and
speeded
from
the
rooftop
of
a
30-storey
building
right
onto
the
top
of
an
adjacent
skyscraper.
"And
to
think
I
suffer
from
vertigo," she
laughs
and
shudders
at
the
memory.
"They
said
I
don't
have
to
do
it.
They
were
willing
to
use
a
body
double.
But
I'm
glad
I
took
the
leap.
It
helped
me
to
overcome
my
vertigo.
I
knew
how
to
ride
a
bicycle.
So
learning
to
ride
a
mo-bike
was
not
that
hard.
But
it
wasn't
an
easy
thing
to
speed
across
from
one
30-storey
building
to
another.
Our
action
director
Alan
Amin
was
fantastic.
I
flew
across
one
building
to
another.
It
was
liberating."
Nandana
feels
exhilarated
by
the
whole
transformation
into
an
action
queen.
"It's
a
very
Matrix
like
look
and
role.
I
enjoyed
the
stunts
immensely.
And
this
role
was
a
complete
antithesis
to
what
I
play
in
Ketan
Mehta's
Rang
Rasiya.
It
was
wonderful
to
take
up
such
a
challenge."
Nandana
had
to
learn
martial
arts,
gun-firing
and
mo-bike
riding
to
play
Oberoi's
action
queen.
"I
play
an
all-action
chick
who
is
an
undercover
cop.
I
learn
kick-boxing,
Tai-Kwando
and
I
learnt
to
shoot
guns
for
real.
The
5
kgs
I
had
gained
for
Rang
Rasiya
was
quickly
lost."
This
is
for
a
Tips
film
being
directed
by
debutant
Kukkie
Gulati
opposite
Vivek
Oberoi.
How
did
Nandana
with
her
arty
tag
bag
such
a
hardcore
masala
film?
"I'm
not
very
good
at
lobbying
for
roles.
I
just
got
a
call
from
Tips.
I
think
the
director
Kukkie
had
seen
and
liked
my
work."
Ironically,
in
spite
of
such
unheard-of
derring-do,
Nandana
didn't
suffer
any
major
injuries.
"But
in
Rang
Rasiya
where
I've
no
stunts,
I
got
a
broken
rib
while
dancing.
And
I
caught
fire
also.
I'm
no
stranger
to
mishaps.
I'm
quite
clumsy
in
real
life
so
I'm
used
to
calamities.
And
my
threshold
for
pain
is
quite
high.
Yes,
the
heavy
mo-bike
did
fall
on
me
and
my
shoulder
got
hurt.
But
I
continued
shooting."
After
the
action
stint
in
Cape
Town,
Nandana
feels
less
vulnerable
as
a
woman.
"I'm
very
much
a
girlie
girl.
But
all
this
physical
action
really
changed
my
body
language
and
psychological
approach
to
crowded
places.
Even
a
pointing
a
gun
at
an
adversary
is
such
an
aggressive
job.
The
combat
training
really
helped
me
come
out
of
my
shell.
Now
I
feel
less
vulnerable
in
crowds."
Now
Nandana
returns
to
Cape
Town
again
to
shoot
for
Vicky
Chopra's
Seasons
Greetings.
"I
play
this
really
fun
character.
I
haven't
done
comedy
before.
It's
quite
a
far
cry
from
my
role
in
the
film
with
Vivek.
There
I
was
speeding
across
skyscrapers.
Here
hopefully
audiences
will
be
falling
off
their
chairs
watching
my
comic
act."