Dare devil stunts are nothing new to Akshay Kumar. After a string of comedy films, the khiladi proved once again that he can get back to action. For his first television show, Fear Factor — Khatron Ke Khiladi, Akshay Kumar jumped off Thailand’s tallest building. The show will be on air on the new channel Colors in July. The team shot a promotional video in Bangkok in which Akshay performed performed death-defying stunts.
Says Akshay, “I enjoyed being on skate board, straddled between two of the tallest buildings in Thailand.” The show will feature 13 actresses and will be shot in South Africa.
At Mukesh Mills, the entire prop from which Akshay was supposed to plunge 30 feet below came crashing down in the torrential rain that hit the city on Monday (Sept 14) afternoon.
Akshay was supposed to present the stunt at the press meet of the reality show.
"Akshay had been practising rigorously for the stunt for two days. Disaster struck a day before the event when during the dry run one of the contestants Mandira Bedi got a hairline fracture. And if that wasn't bad enough, just before the event the whole prop crashed down and so did the area we had cordoned off for the press."
Colors TV channel CEO Rajesh Kamat confirmed the incident, saying: "It went wrong. Akshay couldn't do his stunt. Doesn't matter. There will be many other occasions."
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