Freddy Daruwala recalls falling into freezing cold water for Crackdown S2 scene; says, “Sometimes an actor gets carried away in the name of realism”

The second season of the web show Crackdown started streaming on JioCinma from May 25.

By Bollywood Hungama News Network -

June 1, 2023 - 3:34 PM IST

Freddy Daruwala had a near-to-death experience while performing a stunt on one of his latest projects, Crackdown Season 2, in Kashmir! In the web series, there was a stunt Freddy had to perform on a bridge. The actor had to do a pull-up under a bridge while a drone shot was to capture it all.

Freddy Daruwala recalls falling into freezing cold water for Crackdown S2 scene; says, “Sometimes an actor gets carried away in the name of realism”

The director Apoorva Lakhia had planned it for a studio shoot understanding the risk but Freddy insisted he does it in real-time and on live locations! It was the peak of winter with minus temperature in Kashmir. The water was freezing cold when the actor started performing the stunt bare-chested!

Freddy finished what he had to do but unfortunately, by then his hands were frozen and a slight delay in lifting him up, resulted in the actor falling from 35 feet into the freezing cold water. He sustained injuries on his back, legs and shoulders. The entire set was in shock but when Freddy came walking out of the water unhurt. The director immediately called off the shoot and was concerned about his situation but Freddy resumed the shoot the very next day being a professional actor.

Recalling the incident, Freddy reveals, “I should have been more careful. I remember the director (Apoorva Lakhia) informing me about us having all the possibilities and safety harnesses to execute the scene. But I insisted on doing it on my own but the end result didn’t turn out to be the way it should have been and as per my and Apoorva sir’s expectations. It was more risky because it wasn’t the last day of the shoot and if I was hurt, the shoot would have got stalled. But luckily nothing of that sort happened and I continued shooting.”

“Next day, I faced a lot of difficulties with severe back injuries. A few things I learnt from the incident are that I am an actor and not a stunt man but sometimes an actor gets carried away in the name of realism and to give audiences a realistic experience. But sometimes we forget that there are a lot of people associated with us and working with us on a project which can go haywire if any unfortunate incident happens on the set. Going ahead, I will ensure that I will play it safe so that I don’t hurt myself and secondly, it doesn’t hamper the shooting schedule,” adds Freddy.

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