Ajay Devgn Recalls Amitabh Bachchan Getting Injured On ‘Major Saab’: He’s Done Shots You Can’t Even Imagine

At the trailer launch of ‘Bholaa’, Ajay Devgn narrated an incident from the sets of the film ‘Major Saab’ with Amitabh Bachchan.

Gurpreet Kaur

Updated on: 6 March 2023 1:07 pm

Ajay Devgn and Amitabh Bachchan in 'Major Saab'

Ajay Devgn along with Tabu, on Monday, launched the trailer of his upcoming directorial ‘Bholaa’. At the event, he recalled the time Amitabh Bachchan sustained injuries on the sets of ‘Major Saab’ (1998). For those caught unaware, Big B recently shared that he sustained injuries on the sets of his upcoming film ‘Project K’, co-starring Prabhas and Deepika Padukone.

Ajay, at the trailer launch, said that doing action for films has become easier today, and narrated an incident from the sets of the film ‘Major Saab’, featuring him along with Amitabh Bachchan.

Ajay said, “It is like our job is difficult and easy now. At that point of time Mr Bachchan used to do action. there were no mattresses, there were no safety measures, there were no cables. We injure every part of our body. Mr Bachchan has done shots that you can’t even imagine. I remember him getting injured while doing Major Saab. He insisted he will jump from some thirty feet. It was three floors high, and I told him let’s not do this shot. I mean we can work it out with duplicates. We both were supposed to jump and he insisted we’ll do it. We had an injury in that film also. So it’s that enthusiasm.”

Bollywood actors Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Deepak Dobriyal and others pose for photos during the trailer launch of their upcoming movie Bholaa, in Mumbai. Photo: PTI

Ajay also talked about the kind of safety precautions that are followed on film sets these days. He said, “Now I’d say things are much easier. There are cables. There are safety precautions. There is an ambulance and doctors on set. There are paddings and lots of stuff. So, it’s become relatively much easier. Thank God, while we are ageing, things are getting easier also. It’s like driving a car. You can have an accident anytime, but you try to be safe all the time. So, it just happens sometimes but we try to take all the safety measures but there are risks.”

Adding how Ajay and the team of Bholaa took safety precautions seriously, ‘Bholaa’ actress Tabu shared, “I entered this film with my eyes closed. I knew I had to do a lot of action (in this film). He (Devgn) made everything easy. He very easily said, ‘You have to do action.’ So, I had to do it. But the thing is he actually made it so easy. He can do action easily. I knew I had to completely surrender in front of him and I should trust him to send me home scratch free.”

‘Bholaa’, co-starring Amala Paul, Sanjay Mishra and Deepak Dobriyal, is set to release on March 30.