When
Sanjay
and
Zarine
Khan
watched
their
son
Zayed
do
those
never-before
heart-in-the-mouth
motorcycle
stunts
in
Blue
they
threw
a
royal
fit.
Ever
since
his
near-fatal
fire
accident
in
1989
in
Mysore
during
the
shooting
of
the
serial
The
Sword
Of
Tipu
Sultan
during
which
Sanjay
Khan
suffered
extensive
burns
and
almost
lost
his
life,
both
he
and
his
wife
are
paranoid
about
shooting
mishaps.
When
their
only
son
Zayed
decided
to
become
a
movie
actor,
Sanjay
and
Zarine"s
first
and
only
pre-condition
was,
no
dangerous
stunts.
Says
Zayed,
“It
was
almost
like
a
holy
diktat,
not
to
perform
anything
that
would
potentially
be
harmful
to
me."
Until
Blue
where
on
the
script
level
itself,
Zayed
could
see
that
his
two
lengthy
bike
chase
sequences
on
the
Ducati
999
were
potentially
more
lethal
than
anything
the
average
action
hero
performs.
Says
Zayed,
“I
had
two
options.
Either
say
no
to
the
most
exciting
role
I
had
been
offered
so
far.
Or
hide
the
truth
from
my
parents."
Zayed
chose
the
latter
option.
And
went
on
to
do
the
most
explosive
mo"bike
stunts
with
his
heart
in
his
mouth.
“Not
because
I
was
scared
but
what
would
my
parents
think
and
say
when
they
saw
what
I
had
done."
When
Sanjay
and
Zarine
Khan
saw
Blue,
their
reaction
was
worse
than
what
Zayed
had
anticipated.
They
were
distraught.
Their
horror
mounted
as
the
couple
saw
their
son
whiz
past
the
most
dangerous
check
posts
ever
created
for
a
stunt
actor.
Says
Zayed,
“When
I
saw
their
reaction,
I
had
to
do
some
quick
thinking
or
else
my
parents
would
have
truly
freaked
out
and
probably
ordered
me
to
give
up
movies.
My
helmet,
which
covered
my
face
through
most
of
the
bike
racing,
saved
me.
I
told
them
it
was
a
body-double
doing
those
stunts."
The
fact
is
Zayed
did
most
of
the
action
scenes.
“Am
I
some
kind
of
a
sissy
to
let
a
stuntman
do
them?
No
way!
I
had
accepted
the
role
only
so
I
could
do
these
stunts.
Except
the
moment
when
my
bike
jumps
on
to
a
train
all
the
other
stunts
are
mine.
And
that
train
stunt
I
didn"t
do
because
my
action
director
said
he
wanted
me
to
be
alive
to
complete
the
film."
After
reading
this
Zayed
hopes
his
parents
would
accept
the
truth.
“If
you
are
an
actor
you
gotta
do
it
all.
One
can
be
wounded
even
while
standing
under
a
roof.
Jo
hona
hoga
woh
hoga."