Fans told not to imitate stunts (Reuteres) Updated: 2006-06-26 16:51
 Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan sits on a newly launched motorcycle
at a presentation in New Delhi June 8, 2006.
[Reuters] |
Bollywood's new flying superhero has asked fans, especially children, not to
imitate his onscreen death-defying stunts after a man leapt off a cinema balcony
in central India, breaking his leg.
"The action scenes are meant to be enjoyed, not imitated. Please do not
indulge in these stunts," Hrithik Roshan, who plays "Krrish", a Superman-style
hero who saves the world from a mad scientist, wrote in a newspaper on Monday.
Newspapers said at least two people had hurt themselves trying to imitate the
stunts from the film that opened last week.
A 24-year-old man was in a hospital with a fractured leg in the central city
of Bhopal after he leapt from a cinema balcony and landed on the audience below.
An 11-year-old boy also suffered injuries in a separate accident, newspapers
said, but no details were given.
"Those action scenes are dangerous... I did the action scenes with full
safety precaution," Roshan said.
"...stop scaring me by trying to do my stunts in Krrish."
The $10 million "Krrish" opened to huge box-office collections, as children
and adults made a beeline to watch Bollywood's own superhero leap from tall
buildings, beat up the baddies and woo his lady love with song and dance.
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