Vidyut Jammwal Wants To Make Junglee A Franchise? Read Details!
Vidyut Jammwal plans to build a franchise around Junglee. He also stated that Indian actors are on par with Hollywood counterparts when it comes to doing death-defying action sequences.
Action
star
Vidyut
Jammwal
plans
to
build
a
franchise
around
his
upcoming
adventure
film
Junglee.
The
actor,
who
is
a
trained
martial
artiste,
also
said
Indian
actors
are
on
par
with
their
Hollywood
counterparts
when
it
comes
to
doing
death-defying
action
sequences.
"We
have
had
Akshay
Kumar
doing
the
'Khiladi'
series.
I
have
done
the
'Commando'
series.
Now
we
have
'Junglee'
and
we
will
have
a
series
of
'Junglee'.
"We
are
not
lacking
anywhere
in
action
as
compared
to
them.
Indian
actors
are
doing
well.
Nobody
can
touch
us
in
action
as
we
are
doing
really
well," Vidyut
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
American
director
Chuck
Russell,
best
known
for
Hollywood
movies
like
The
Mask,
Eraser
and
The
Scorpion
King,
has
helmed
the
action
thriller.
Vidyut,
38,
said
he
is
proud
he
got
the
opportunity
to
work
with
Russell
in
his
Hindi
directorial
debut.
"I
am
proud
and
happy
that
we
got
a
Hollywood
director
here.
He
is
a
legend
and
is
making
one
of
the
biggest
action
films
here.
He
is
a
brilliant
man
and
we
have
brilliant
people
here
as
well."
The
actor,
who
is
known
for
doing
daredevil
stunts
on
the
big
screen,
said
with
Junglee
there
was
an
added
pressure
to
deliver.
"The
pressure
is
that
I
am
representing
India.
Chuck
used
to
talk
about
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
and
Dwayne
Johnson
doing
action.
Working
with
a
director
like
him
who
has
worked
with
these
action
stars
was
a
learning
experience,"
he
said.
Vidyut
said
his
training
in
Indian
martial
art
form
Kalaripayattu,
which
originated
in
Kerala,
came
in
handy
for
Junglee.
"We
have
used
few
weapons
like
'otta',
which
is
a
rarity.
It
is
made
of
elephant
tusk
and
'urumi',
a
double-edged
sword.
These
are
two
authentic
weapons
used
in
India,"
he
added.
The
story
of
the
film
revolves
around
a
veterinarian
(Vidyut),
who
on
his
homecoming
to
his
father's
elephant
reserve,
encounters
and
fights
an
international
poachers
racket.
"The
film
is
on
elephants
and
protection
of
animals.
There
are
a
lot
of
animals
in
the
film.
Elephant
is
the
central
character.
We
are
making
a
film
on
animal-human
relationship
after
a
long
time,"
Vidyut
said.
The
film
will
face-off
against
Salman
Khan-backed
"Notebook"
on
March
29.