Bollywood: Ayesha Takia escapes death during Dor stunt

Bollywood actress Ayesha Takia escaped a near fatal accident while doing a stunt for her latest film ‘Dor.’ The mishap left the ‘Tarzan- The Wonder Car’ actress on the railway actress, next to an inward bound running train.

Nagesh Kukunoor’s forthcoming film, Dor’s shooting was taking place in Jisamgarh, a village station in Rajasthan. Ayesha Takia, 21, who is playing a married woman’s character, agreed to perform a daring stunt for an important scene. The executive producer, Elahe said, “It was a train sequence and Ayesha had to run alongside the train. She was running on the platform. Suddenly, we couldn’t see Ayesha any more. We all thought that Ayesha must have come under the train.”

Ayesha had fallen from the platform and was badly hurt. She tripped over a pipe and while losing balance landed right next to the rails. Elahi said, “She was very close to the tracks, luckily she was alive.” Nagesh Kukunoor, the director was inside the train with his camera crew and monitors. He thought Ayesha must have come under the train and fainted. It took some time for the unit and crew members to halt the train and trace Ayesha from the railway track.

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