Directors blow up cars worth crores in a moment, how are action scenes with cars shot in films? – Read

Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgan’s ‘Singham Again’ is making a lot of noise at the box office. Rohit Shetty has directed many types of films in his career, from action to comedy, but we see a lot of action in all his films. Rohit Shetty’s father MB Shetty himself was a famous stunt man and action choreographer. His mother also used to perform stunts in films. That means ‘playing with dangers’ is in Rohit Shetty’s blood. Actually, every kind of action is seen in Rohit Shetty’s films. But he likes vehicle stunts very much. This is the reason whether it is Singham Again or Golmaal, you see flying cars in every film of this ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ host. Now let’s talk about how this car blowing stunt is performed and are new cars bought for it?

In fact, whenever we see heroes getting out of shining cars with swag in films, the vehicles used for this scene are new. Earlier, the logos of these vehicles were shot by blurring them, so that there is no ‘conflict of interest’ for the advertiser, but now the films get signed with big luxury vehicle companies and then these vehicles are shot without any rent. Are used in films. These vehicles are projected on the big screen with the official logo of their company. But these vehicles are mostly used to show chasing, entry of actor or actress, romance of couple seen in films. Many times some directors themselves customize the vehicles used for their scenes.

Cars are customized

Bullet proof vehicles were shown for Ajay Devgan’s task force in Rohit Shetty’s ‘Singham Again’. These vehicles were tied up with Ashok Leyland Company and customized themselves so that the viewers feel as if Singham has actually got new bulletproof vehicles made for the safety of his team. In Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s film ‘Animal’, the big machine gun that looked like a bike was also specially designed by the makers. This gun bike is still kept in the reception area of ​​Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series office. However, all these vehicles are neither used in stunts nor are they blown up with bombs.

old cars fly in the air

There are two types of vehicle stunts. One scene to be shot indoors and the other to be shot outdoors. Most of the vehicles used in bomb blast or bomb blasting scenes are old. They are painted and projected on the big screen. Many times, just as body doubles of actors are made, body doubles of vehicles are also made. That is, if an actor is traveling in a red BMW and is hit by a truck from behind and falls into a ditch, then to shoot this scene, first shoot the expressions of the actor sitting in the BMW with a single camera, his close expressions, everything. And then in a long shot, the red BMW is replaced by an old red Esteem or SX4 that is pushed into a ditch. These broken vehicles are again sent to the workshop and are used again when required.

indoor action shooting

Shooting indoor action scenes is much easier than outdoor shooting, because it is shot on Chroma. In this scene, miniature models of vehicles are made and then firecrackers are put inside those vehicles and they are blasted. To show the vehicles moving together or to show the vehicle flying above, these vehicles are tied with a thread and then it is removed in editing. But big directors like Rohit Shetty perform their stunts with real vehicles, but these vehicles are used in many films by changing their appearance.

Stuntmen, not actors, perform vehicle blast scenes.

Whenever there is a blast in vehicles in films, these vehicles are left without drivers, but many times, instead of the actor, a stunt man or woman is placed in the vehicle and shots are taken of them from a distance and they are laid for them from the vehicle. They jump on the mattress and then the car moves ahead and explodes.

magic of vfx

Even today, directors like Rohit Shetty and Siddharth Anand shoot grand action scenes with vehicles in their films, but now due to VFX this task has become very easy. Now even a small scene can be made grand with VFX and this is the reason why we are getting to see a lot of action scenes in almost every film.