<span class=normal> We needed to decide to what extent we can exploit Johns body for the action scenes <br><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>The pre-production or planning stage involved discussions with the director, Nishikant, on what was exactly required to augment the narrative of the film. For Force, Nishikant was clear that he wanted some hardcore intense action stunts. My brief was to brag Johns muscle power and hence we sat and planned out the sequences with John… we needed to decide to what extent we could exploit Johns body for the action scenes. The stunts we incorporated were as raw as lifting a bike, chase sequences on top of a moving train, breaking heads and noses without using any props. <br><br> <br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p> If something was to go awry with the bike lifting process, it would have been nothing short of fatal for John <br><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>For the bike sequence, a lot of planning and research was required to execute the scene. In this scene, John hurls a bike at one of the action artists. To achieve this, we had to arrange for a lot of safety measures by means of ropes and a harness. If something was to go awry with the bike lifting process, it would have been nothing short of fatal for John. To check on the safety measures employed, a mock test was carried out with one of my team members before doing the actual shoot with John. Thereafter, we shot the scene with the actor. We were quite apprehensive to let John try out the stunts by himself, but we let him give it a shot so John decided to try and lift the bike himself while shooting. </span>