After Ileana D'Cruz dropped out, invisible Emraan's visible girl has bagged the Indo-Chinese film
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; December 10, 2015)


Amyra Dastur has been shooting in Beijing for a week for Stanley Tong's Jackie Chan starrer, Kung Fu Yoga. She plays a desi girl with dark brown hair and several action scenes for which she underwent a four-day training in Kung Fu before reporting on the sets.

"We did gymnastics, cardio and cartwheels for at least eight hours on the first day since they wanted to check my stamina after which I trained for four hours daily," says the actress, admitting that she hadn't expected kung fu to be quite so difficult. "But since I am very fragile I need to be extra careful while doing the stunts. I've already bruised one of my fingers and have yet to perfect the back flip but I am working on it. Fortunately, my training as a dancer and a brief stint in kickboxing are coming in handy now."

The action-adventure film revolves around a treasure hunt involving Jackie Chang, Amyra, Sonu Sood and two top-ranking Chinese stars, Aarif Rahman and Zhang Yixing. The Indo-Chinese production will be dubbed in Hindi as well.

"After I wrap up the first schedule I will return to Mumbai on December 11 but will fly back a week later to start shooting with Jackie who plays an archaeologist. I am a huge fan of his and am really excited to be doing a film with Jackie. Sonu Sood tells me that he is the perfect gentleman. I just hope I don't break any bones while doing the action sequences with him," she laughs, adding that she's shown some of her songs from her previous film, Mr X, which featured Emraan Hashmi as an invisible man. "I'm also currently filming Ticket to Bollywood which also has some naach-gaana which I have replayed for Stanley."

Has she replaced Happy Ending actress, Ileana D'Cruz, who recently dropped out of the project? "No, I haven't replaced Ileana nor do I know the details of her exit. All I know is that a few changes have been made in the script post her exit," Amyra retorts.