India: The Stuntmen of Bollywood, 101 East

They risk their lives, jumping from highrise buildings, playing with fire, driving at breakneck speeds. Their dangerous antics are on the big screen for all to see but most movie viewers will never learn their real identities. India s stunt performers put their bodies on the line for the country s biggest film stars, for a meagre wage. If action films are a hit, the main reason is the stuntman but no one knows him, says Javid Gauri, a stuntman from Saharanpur in India s north. Stunt work has given Ga