Akshay Kumar has 'elephant poop tea' on ‘Into The Wild With Bear Grylls’; shares teaser
Akshay Kumar called himself a ‘reel hero’ and Grylls, a ‘real hero’.
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The video ends with Kumar saying, ‘this whole adventure, I’ll remember for the rest of my life’.
Bollywood action star Akshay Kumar is set to appear in the upcoming episode of adventure show "Into The Wild With Bear Grylls". Kumar, on Monday, took to social media to share a fun-filled teaser of the upcoming episode which shows him and Grylls go on an action-packed adventure.
Kumar, in the tweet, opened up about how he has faced stiff challenges prior to the show but Grylls completely surprised him with ‘elephant poop tea’.
I visualized stiff challenges prior to #IntoTheWildWithBearGrylls but @bearGrylls completely surprised me with the… https://t.co/PTJoW9hDh7
The 1-minute video opens with Grylls introducing ‘superstar’ Kumar with the Bollywood star saying, ‘I am a reel hero, he is a real hero’, referring to Grylls.
The daredevil due then begin their adventure where they sip on ‘elephant poop tea’, cross a river full of ferocious crocodiles on a rope and indulge in military-type rope climbing.
The video ends with Kumar saying, ‘this whole adventure, I’ll remember for the rest of my life’.
Last week, Discovery Channel had unveiled the motion poster and announced the release date for the upcoming special episode on the social media platform.
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Bear Grylls with Rajinikanth. Prior to Akshay, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and superstar Rajinikanth have accompanied Grylls on his adventures in the wilderness.
Bear Grylls with PM Modi.
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Dulquer Salmaan's "O Kadhal Kanmani" co-star Nithya Menen has also bagged her first Bollywood film - "Mission Mangal".
"In the past also, I was offered plenty of Hindi films. I just wanted to be as choosy with Hindi as I was with films in other languages that I have done. I wanted it (debut Hindi film) to be a really nice film," Nithya told IANS.
"I found this a nice character. I don't think we have done a film like this... you know, a space film," added the star, who made her debut as a lead actress with Kannada film "7 O'Clock" over a decade ago.
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Dulquer, the son of Malayalam megastar Mammootty, chose 'Karwaan', a film that was made on a much smaller budget. Still, the Akarsh Khurana directorial earned a spot in the top 10 Indian movies of 2018, determined by global movie website IMDb customer ratings. He also made his debut in Telugu with "Mahanati", based on the life of actress Savitri.
In an interview with IANS, the "Kali" star, who is one of the rare actors to debut four times, had said: "I am not saying that I am entitled to a big debut in Malayalam film or any language."
But he asserted that his "primary focus will be Malayalam films" and that he will choose from "what comes my way and take a call irrespective of the language".
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For Aishwarya Devan, who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada language films, it was her role that pulled her towards the Hindi film "Kaashi in Search of Ganga".
"I haven't done many strong roles in south films, so I am very happy that my debut role in Bollywood is of a strong female character," Aishwarya, who played a journalist in the film, had said.
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"I really enjoyed working with the people. It was wonderful. My director was a wonderful person. I hope I get an opportunity to work there again," said the actress, who had starred in the 1985 Malayalam movie "Akalathe Ambili".
"Those days, a lot of Hindi films were made in south India. Then also, it was much more organised than in Mumbai or north India. My idea of south (Indian film industry) was always that it was more organised and that attracts you because it has got discipline. People are professionals and, still, there is a kind of basic emotion surrounding it and very work-oriented," said Supriya, whose mother tongue is Gujarati.
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