Meena Iyer (BOMBAY TIMES; May 12, 2014)

Talk of how agile Bollywood debutant Tiger Shroff is continues to abound. Sources from the Heropanti set indicate that a parkour sequence done by this star son may perhaps qualify for the longest in Indian cinema. While one cannot verify this claim at this point, it is nevertheless interesting to know that Tiger’s parkour scene lasted six minutes and 30 seconds. The youngster trained for three months for this sequence and the shot was canned with multiple cameras to capture every nuance in its entirety. Other actors who are good at parkour are Akshay Kumar, Vidyut Jammwal and Arunoday Singh.

WHAT IS PARKOUR Developed from military obstacle course training, it’s a holistic discipline that uses movement. Practitioners aim to get from A to B in the most efficient way, using their bodies and surroundings to propel themselves, while maintaining as much momentum as possible. Parkour can include obstacle courses, running, climbing, swinging, jumping, rolling and quadrupedal movement.