Bollywood Celebrity Gossip
In a bid to muscle up an alpha-male image for himself, Salman Khan is ready to roll up his sleeves, thump his clean-shaven chest and get down to wrestle with a lion.All for a good cause, because he is to save a damsel in distress in his much-hyped upcoming film ‘Veer’. Not quite a novel idea to display his lion-hearted bravery, for Dharmendra had single-handedly taken on a tiger in ‘Maa ‘(1976) and ‘Kartavya’ (1979).
However, Salman is not at all scared of this beastly encounter.
The lion which will be utilised for the shoot are said to be trained, a top official from the unit of ‘Veer’ revealed.
Director Vijay Galani explained , “The scene is a rescue act. Liza Lazarus (Miss UK Universe 2008) is on a hunting spree in the jungle. Suddenly, a lion attacks her. Salman spots her in trouble and fights the lion to save her. The scene in question will be shot abroad next month.”
On being questioned on the foreign location, Galani explained, “We don`t have very good facilities to shoot such scenes here. Since Salman has been involved in many creative aspects of the film, he was more than enthusiastic to execute the scene. The scene was always there in the original script but we had reserved the shooting for the end. We will need three days to film the scene with the lion. Salman is very excited about this. Ditto for Liza.”
‘Veer’ is presented by Eros International, is directed by Anil Sharma and also stars Mithun Chakraborty, Sohail Khan, Jackie Shroff, Neena Gupta, Aryan Vaid and Bharat Dabholkar.
