From cameo to coup: Amruta Khanvilkar on her motion function in Taskaree

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 function. “After I carried out the scene, Neeraj sir mentioned, ‘Amruta, we need to solid you for an even bigger function we’ve got.’ That’s how I landed Mitali’s character,” she recollects.

Pandey additionally requested her if she may pull off motion. Khanvilkar admitted she didn’t know stunts — however she is a dancer and understood rhythm. She mentioned, “‘Sir, in the event you train me choreography, I can do it in half an hour.’ They gave me an motion sequence, which I did with the motion grasp. Folks have 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 might be alert and aware since you are new to [action]. Slowly, I acquired just a little overconfident, and I punched a stuntman, his jaw acquired harm 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 huge fan following, made it simpler for everybody to bond. “It’s nice to have an actor who’s so grounded. He’s unbothered in regards to the baggage that comes together with his fame, success, and fan following. [That’s why] you possibly can joke and have a dialog with him. That chemistry all the time reveals,” she smiles.