STUNT CHOREOGRAPHER SILVA INTERVIEW

Nothing different. Ajith’s risk will be much talked about, like I have already spoken about the risks he took in Mankatha, Veeram or even Yennai Arindhaal for that matter. Here again he has done some breathtaking stunts which you will realize when you watch the film. I have always been lauded for the efforts that he puts for an action sequence. He has given me some memorable fight scenes, but he also leaves me scared whenever we go on to shoot a scene. He volunteers to take such bold risks. I would say he has taken more risk in Vedalam than all his previous films. He has worked day and night for some of the fight portions.

I will compose an action scene  with some young stunt assistants, and then show Ajith, how it needs to be done. He watches that carefully and tries to do it with utmost perfection. Even when I say it’s good, he will reply back, “No master, I still could match his (the young stunt professional) move”. And he never gives up until he feels that he could recreate what the professional stuntman does.

It was a rain sequence fight between Ajith and one of the antagonists. What happened was, due to a small misjudgment because of rain and other disturbances, the villain mistimed a punch and it went right into Ajith sir’s neck which forced him to faint on the spot. I have never seen him unconscious till date. I know how much pain that man can endure.

I have not seen any pain or fear in his eyes till that incident. When he fainted, it was so disheartening. The villain started crying thinking he was the one responsible for the incident. When everyone was shocked and trying to take him to the hospital, he woke up and said, “I have some pain, can you give 30 minutes? I will get back to shoot”. We were amazed to see his dedication at that moment and we also tried convincing him to cancel the shoot for the day, but he replied back, “No master, it will lead to unnecessary complications and date issues”. I know how much he had to go through that day, I was seeing it right through his eyes. If it had been me, I wouldn’t have got back to the sets, but he did and he also pacified everyone who was frightened and then completed the scene successfully. He could have used a body double that day, but he did not. It was only for his fans. He told me, “They  shower me so much love, if I couldn’t endure this, then what will I do for them?”

There was a time when he got his leg severely injured during Arrambam’s shooting. When I asked him what happened, he told me it was just a normal accident. I asked him back, “Why do you indulge yourself in such risky action scenes?” He replied back, “Adha vidhunga master, idhu 1971 Ambassador model; idhu vodum, kaalu dhanae, oru bolt nutta sari panni mattnaa pochu”. That’s his endurance level.