Abhay Deol’s equestrian quest

Trust actor Abhay Deol to take on something that he has never done before.

The critically acclaimed young gun, who has acted in movies like Dev.D and Oye Lucky Lucky Oye among others, had never ridden a horse but as soon as he learnt that he had to do it for a film, he jumped at the idea. 

A source close to the development of the movie that is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Emma, reveals, “Abhay had never ridden a horse and so for a particular scene which required him to be a polo player in action, the producers had organised a dummy set-up to do the Polo match scene.

They thought that they would incorporate the horse during the post-production as they never really thought that Abhay would do the scene.”

The informer adds, “Anil Kapoor’s production also did not want Abhay to take unnecessary risks and get hurt in the process. But Abhay instead decided to take on the challenge and do the scene with the real horse.

He wanted to do it himself and also register a first of sorts in his career again. The shot worked out well but Abhay just did it impromptu.”   

Producer Rhea Kapoor says, “Both Abhay and Cyrus (Sahukar) were supposed to take lessons in preparation for this scene but it did not happen and in the end it all worked out well.”