Mumbai Saga: Emraan Hashmi Was Worried That His Action Sequences With Co-Star John Abraham Won't Look Believable

Emraan Hashmi and John Abraham are all set to lock horns in Sanjay Gupta's upcoming film, Mumbai Saga. The shoot of the film has resumed already in Hyderabad and fans can expect to see the film by the end of the year. In a recent interview, Emraan Hashmi has revealed that he had been sceptical about his fight sequences against John Abraham.

Talking to TOI, Emraan has revealed, "The first question I asked Sanjay Gupta after the narration was, ‘Do you think this (the fight scenes) will look believable? And, will people accept it?’ The fact is that everyone knows how well-built John is. My physique is different from his. When Mumbai Saga was offered to me, I was working on Chehre, and I was probably at my leanest. I was naturally worried whether our action scenes would look believable.”

Sanjay Gupta offered him a solution- to put on weight. For any actor, gaining and losing weight is not a big deal. So Emraan followed his director's advice. He added, "This time around, I dedicated five months to it, during which I also monitored my food intake. Eventually, I managed to put on the requisite weight, so that the action scenes would look convincing. In fact, the way Sanjay has shot it, it looks very believable.”

Director Sanjay Gupta also added his touch to make the sequence look perfect! He said, “In an action, it’s not the physical appearance that decides who has an upper hand. Yes, John is way above average in his physical appearance, and Emraan did put on muscle and weight for the action scenes. He worked meticulously on his physique. After that, we played around with his clothes in the film. So, he is not in a police uniform when he is doing the action scene with John. A uniform can get stuck to the body, so we have not made him wear a uniform when he’s fighting with John. When you see the sequence on screen, there is no unnees bees.”

We are even more excited to see the film now. Are you?