Action Director Allan Amin talks about John Abraham starrer Force

“While directing female stars one has to be a little delicate in directing an action sequence” What is different in Force from a Dabangg or a similar film is that here the action is also influenced by the love of his life. Unlike in the past, Read More">where I directed action sequences with heroines like AishwaryaRead More

"While directing female stars one has to be a little delicate in directing an action sequence"
What is different in Force from a Dabangg or a similar film is that here the action is also influenced by the love of his life. Unlike in the past, where I directed action sequences with heroines like Aishwarya in Dhoom 2 and Bipasha in Race, I have not incorporated any action scenes with Genelia for this film. There is not much of a difference while directing stunts for an actor or an actress unless the script demands it. Although I'd like to point out, that while directing female stars one has to be a little delicate in directing an action sequence as compared to a male actor.

Read More">“John was made to adapt a street fighting style for the combat scenes” No special effects have been employed in the making of this film; there are about eight action sequences in the film in which we have used four live action cameras at the same time in shooting the sequences. John was made toRead More

"John was made to adapt a street fighting style for the combat scenes"
No special effects have been employed in the making of this film; there are about eight action sequences in the film in which we have used four live action cameras at the same time in shooting the sequences. John was made to adapt a street fighting style for the combat scenes, and this is the first time we have done an action film with John without utilizing wires. John has done some incredible stunts on his own such as, jumping from a height of a hundred and fifty feet onto an airbag. I can only sum up all this by pleading to all action fans to watch Force when it releases. Watch the film as you would not be disappointed.

“The stunts designed were for an out an out action film” With him being a narcotics officer, a good cop, the look that was explained to me was that of a huge muscular man. The actions were designed around the information passed on to us. To exploit the human body, Read More">I knew that it neededRead More

"The stunts designed were for an out an out action film"
With him being a narcotics officer, a good cop, the look that was explained to me was that of a huge muscular man. The actions were designed around the information passed on to us. To exploit the human body, I knew that it needed to involve more physical action, unlike any other films like a Dhoom or even Race, which has gadgets and guns that are incorporated in the screen space. The brief that was given by Nishikant was quite simple… he mentioned that the stunts designed, should be for an out an out action film of a cop who has immense power. He was clear that the action should look extremely raw and it should not seem orchestrated at all.

“We needed to decide to what extent we can exploit John’s body for the action scenes” 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, Read More">Nishikant was clear that he wanted some hardcore intense action stunts. My brief wasRead More

"We needed to decide to what extent we can exploit John's body for the action scenes"
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 John's muscle power and hence we sat and planned out the sequences with John… we needed to decide to what extent we could exploit John's 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.

"If something was to go awry with the bike lifting process, it would have been nothing short of fatal for John"
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.

Usually this genre of films include characters that are pitted against incredible odds, such as situations that are hazardous or life threatening or which involves a sinister villain who is hell bent on killing the innocent for evil to shine in all its menacing glory. But more often then not, Read More">the good guys come outRead More

Usually this genre of films include characters that are pitted against incredible odds, such as situations that are hazardous or life threatening or which involves a sinister villain who is hell bent on killing the innocent for evil to shine in all its menacing glory. But more often then not, the good guys come out triumphant after strained physical efforts and a string of writhing violence. That's right folks! That is typically the epitome of an action flick, but besides the Director who is usually the captain of the ship, in this genre the Action Director is the man who actually navigates the project towards its destination. Along with the director, he works in tandem in brining out his vision and the battle sequences of the film to fore. Vipul Shah's upcoming action flick Force directed by Nishikant Kamat features John Abraham and Genelia DSouza in the lead and boasts of being another "out and out" action flick that is slated to release later this month. To choreograph the specialized combat sequences, Allan Amin, an expert who has worked on over a hundred films which includes Company, Dhoom 2, Race to name a few, was roped in to bring the action sequences to life in the film. Bollywood Hungama's Philip Bode gets the veteran action director Allan Amin, to shed light upon the technicalities of choreographing staged combat, working with John and the distinctiveness of his latest action flick, Force.