DNA (August 20, 2019)

After showing glimpses of high-octane action sequences between Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff in the teaser of their upcoming film, War, director Siddharth Anand reveals that it took one year to choreograph all the stunts. “I don’t think any movie in India has spent over a year to design action sequences. I wanted to create a non-stop adrenaline-pumping visual extravaganza for the Indian audiences and for that, all of us had to give over a year to choreograph the sequences. We had four action directors living and working in different parts of the world, and it was important to jam with them on how to make War the biggest action film. We want the audiences to be proud that an Indian movie can do what a big-budget Hollywood actioner delivers.”

Like we informed you earlier, four of the top action directors — Paul Jennings (The Dark Knight, Game of Thrones), Franz Spilhaus (Safe House, Eye in the Sky), SeaYoung Oh (Age of Ultron, Snowpiercer) and Parvez Shaikh (Tiger Zinda Hai, Kesari, Mary Kom) — all specialists in creating a different type of spectacle — have designed the stunts.

Siddharth adds that the biggest Hollywood action films have, at the most, four action sequences, while he will have seven such set pieces. “We had two of the biggest action superstars in our film and we wanted to deliver to the expectations of the people. The response to the teaser has validated our effort and we are hoping that audiences will love the film as well.”