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Actress Malavika Mohanan, who did all her stunts herself without a body double in director Maruthi’s horror comedy ‘The Raja Saab’, featuring actor Prabhas in the lead, has now hit back at those who have been disputing that claim by releasing a series of BTS videos showing her doing the stunts herself.<\/p>\n
Taking to her X timeline, Malavika Mohanan wrote, Been seeing a lot of tweets and articles about how I claimed to do my own stunts for \u2018The Rajasaab\u2019, but a body double did it as there\u2019s a photo circulating online of a stunt artist who was my stunt double on the film.<\/p>\n
She then went on to say, Firstly, I do action because I really enjoy doing action. I\u2019ve been a sporty girl since a young age, and I enjoy physically challenging my body and learning new things.<\/p>\n
Secondly, there\u2019s always a stunt double on sets, even when the actors are doing their own stunts, as the action director gets them to do the rehearsals of the shot as they\u2019re the experts, before getting the actor to do a final shot. Or in the case of certain shots, when they feel it\u2019s too risky for the actor to do it- they feel it\u2019s better for a professional to execute the shot so you\u2019re not doing anything too risky without knowing how to do it correctly.<\/p>\n
Been seeing a lot of tweets and articles about how I claimed to do my own stunts for \u2018The Rajasaab\u2019 but a body double did it as there\u2019s a photo circulating online of a stunt artist who was my stunt double on the film.<\/p>\n
Firstly, I do action because I really enjoy doing action.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/9ePwlLpti4<\/a><\/p>\n