Amruta Khanvilkar was initially signed on for a six-day cameo in Neeraj Pandey’s upcoming Netflix sequence, Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Internet. However clearly, she walked in and adjusted the plan. Throughout auditions, the director requested her to carry out a brand new scene on the spot — and minutes later, she bagged a meatier position. “After I carried out the scene, Neeraj sir stated, ‘Amruta, we wish to solid you for a much bigger position we now have.’ That’s how I landed Mitali’s character,” she remembers.
Pandey additionally requested her if she might pull off motion. Khanvilkar admitted she didn’t know stunts — however she is a dancer and understood rhythm. She stated, “‘Sir, in the event you educate me choreography, I can do it in half an hour.’ They gave me an motion sequence, which I did with the motion grasp. Individuals had been shocked.”
Emraan Hashmi in ‘Taskaree’
Inside days, she grew assured — maybe a bit too assured. She reveals that she injured each a stuntman and herself whereas filming. “At first, you’re alert and acutely aware since you are new to [action]. Slowly, I bought just a little overconfident, and I punched a stuntman, his jaw bought damage and my hand swelled up like a balloon. I cried for quarter-hour, then I placed on boxing gloves and carried out a kickboxing scene with the swollen hand.”
Neeraj Pandey
Bruises apart, she says she had a blast on set. The actor provides that Emraan Hashmi’s humility, regardless of his large fan following, made it simpler for everybody to bond. “It’s nice to have an actor who’s so grounded. He’s unbothered concerning the baggage that comes along with his fame, success, and fan following. [That’s why] you may joke and have a dialog with him. That chemistry all the time exhibits,” she smiles.