
The young crop of TV actors will go to any length to perform difficult stunts, refusing the service of body doubles. What drives them to do so? Renu Bhatnagar finds out
Neha Bamb
(Mahi of Maayaka)
In Maayaka, to show a house on fire, the director decided to use plastic, paper, cloth⌠anything the unit guys could lay their hands on. Recalls Neha, "I was in the middle of the half-burnt stuff, with the fire raging all around me. I inhaled a lot of smoke. We were shooting from 9 am to 6 am, the next morning. I choked and was breathless and the next morning I was down with high fever. I was in this miserable state for four days. When shooting for television, we have no option of resting because we are always chasing deadlines. But I don't say 'no' to anything. Right now I'm at the peak of my career and I'd like to stretch myself."