There is a talk in the Film industry that many directors these days are using Dupes to complete the shoots at the earliest possible. Using dupe actors and lookalikes for action scenes is not new.
Men are dressed like ladies to replace the heroines during the fight and chase sequences. Shankar the popular director used the body double of Rajinikanth with a mask like Rajini to shoot many action scenes it is reported.
There are reports from RFC in Hyderabad that many Bollywood heroes dont turn up for the shoots and the directors are completing the scenes with the dupe actors.
Hari Hara Veera Mallu action scenes are being shot in the beginning with Pawan Kalyan and the rest is completed with the look alike. The so-called six-packs and seven-packs with thunder thighs and shoulders are nothing but plastic pads attached to the body and matched and patched with the makeup.
This matching and patching were used extensively in Baahubali and RRR it is reported. The body painting was done for almost all the shots before the takes.
So all that you see is not that real. The name Rajini, Salman, Chiranjeevi,Nagarjuna is used. But most of it is done with a dupe. Dupes are used for Allu Arjun and NTR also depending upon the scene.
The directors cannot take a risk with the big guns when it comes to action scenes.
