When Akshay Kumar did a shoot with a real Lion

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar is back with a new comedy caper Singh is Bliing, this time around he is romancing a firang beauty, Amy Jackson. A new song from the movie was launched amidst fanfare, the lovely ladies Amy and Lara Dutta grabbed the eyeballs but not as much as a blonde beauty.

The blond beauty in question is actually a fierce feline. Akshay Kumar who plays a security guard at a zoo in the film, had to shoot with Mufasa a lion.

Akshay shared a funny anecdote from the shoot, “We shot in Cape Town and it was a lovely experience working there. I don’t want people to think it’s a green mat. Not at all. I shot with it, I sat with the lion and I was shit-scared! Actually, in the middle of a shot, the lion got angry and broke some glass. Because he saw his own reflection and thought it was another lion.”

Akshay further added, “The whole scene is shot in a car. He’s sitting next to me. Next to me. His trainer was far away. I said what will happen, can you save me? And he said there’s not time, if he decides… but don’t worry he’s in a good mood today. We have fed him properly.”

The two Singh’s seemed to have much fun together.