Vicky Kaushal starrer Chhaava, wherein he is playing the role of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, has stormed the box office. The historical action film has entered into Rs. 200 crore club globally in its first five days. Directed by Laxman Utekar, it is packed with intense action and large scale battle sequences. One of the scenes, wherein Vicky can be seen fighting a lion has gone viral on the social media.
During an interview, when he appeared on IMDb’s Behind the Scenes segment, Vicky described Chhaava the most physically challenging film in his career till now. “I think for me, Chhaava has been the most physically challenging film that I have ever done till date. From putting on 25 kgs of weight to undergoing rigorous, continuous training for about a year, including horse riding, sword fighting… There are massive crowd scenes with about 2,000 people, 100 horses, elephants, everything going on all at once,” stated the actor.
While talking about shooting the fight scene with lion, the Sam Bahadur actor added, “Obviously, a lot of computer graphics were involved, but when we were filming, we used a dummy or sometimes nobody in front of you. There was no animal, you would just imagine the animal and it was going to be created in the post. We were all so curious about how it would turn out, and seeing the final result, with the way the frame looks – everything – it’s just…This was the shot that surprised me in the most beautiful way.”
