Sanjay Dutt and Imran Khan insured for the train-top stunts to be shot in Namibia

Today Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan and debutante Shruti Haasan will perform tough stunts on top of speeding trains in Namibia. All of them have been provided with water-tight insurance policies.

Well-equipped

Informs director Soham Shah, "The action sequences are dangerous. But our action director Allan Amin is equipped to handle any eventuality.

All the actors who take part on these stunts are insured. My producers Asthavinayak took good care of the actors."

Earlier the train sequences were supposed to be shot in South Africa where Dhoom 2 and Drona were shot. However Nambia provides filmmakers creative liberties that are denied at other railway stations in other countries. Soham admits.

"Yes, we were going to shoot in the capital city of Windhuk. But now we've cracked another location for novelty's sake. We are now shooting the train sequences in another city. The original location has now grown stale."

Thrown off-track

Soham Shah's outdoor action adventure film Luck ran out of luck when his climax stunts on top of a speeding train in Namibia was halted by a railway strike in October 2008. Now the unit finally returns to South Africa to complete the incomplete climax.

He adds, "We were able to shoot in Namibia for two days . Then the indefinite railway strike in Namibia threw us off track. No train driver was willing to break the strike for our shooting. We had a 20-day schedule left. We lost a lot of time and money. Everyone's combination dates had to be reworked."

The film also introduces Kamal Haasan’s daughter Shruti Haasan. “It isn’t a conventional heroine’s role with crying dancing. She has to do a lot of rugged outdoor sports along with the rest of the cast.”

Soham loves outdoor sports. “Luck falls into the genre of adventure sports. This has never been done before.”

Shooting in Namibia starts on 23 Januuary.

Soham refuses to call Luck a difficult film. “Putting it together was difficult. Shooting it was fun.”