His knee pain is palpable, and he has an action sequence to perform. His double, Riyaz is also there, but Shah Rukh Khan prefers doing the stunt himself. We are on the sets of Ra.One, where the final shoot of the film is taking place. Director Anubhav Sinha is monitoring the shot. The set is a platform constructed in the centre of shed number six of Filmistan Studios in suburban Mumbai. The backdrop is a blue cloth known as a chroma key.
A blue screen or chroma key recording is a shooting technique whereby the subject is shot against a cloth background, and later changes are made to the background during editing. The background can be replaced with an image, a video or an animation. Light photo studio lamps and white translucent photo umbrellas are used to reflect the light.
Today the subject is SRK on a stylish mid-sized motorbike. His dress designer Anaita Shroff has dressed him in a black harness, jeans, boots and a cape. Silver extensions light up his straight black hair. He looks majestic as he strides across the Pulsar bike, which has been enhanced and accessorised with fibre and fashionable lights by production designer Sabu Cyril to resemble a futuristic bike. “The instructions given to me were that the bike should look out of this world,” says Sabu.
At the cue of 'Action' long ceiling ropes pull up the rear wheels of the bike, tilting SRK who does a somersault in the air, landing on a soft base. The first few shots appear to be painful for the actor but he soon gets the hang of it. After a few takes, he gives a perfect shot and everyone promptly claps. “We did request him to use a double but he insisted on doing the stunt himself,” says Sinha.
There is a rustle of activity as Khan steps down from the platform to watch himsef on the monitor. He is happy to have pulled off the stunt himself
~~Long Live Shahrukh Khan
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