'Man vs Wild': After PM Modi, Rajinikanth shoots with Bear Grylls for his adventure show at Karnataka's Bandipur forestAuthor : AZIndia News Desk
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi, superstar Rajinikanth to get featured in Bear Grylls' adventurous show Man vs Wild. The superstar will be seen in one of the episodes along with Hollywood celebrities namely Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Joel McHale, Cara Delevingne, Rob Riggle, Armie Hammer and Dave Bautista. For the same, both Bear and Rajini have arrived at Bandipur forest in Karnataka. Media agency ANI shared a series of photo and a video of them arriving to shoot the show.
The media agency posted a photo of Bear getting out of his vehicle and captioned it stating, "British adventurer Bear Grylls arrives at Bandipur forest in Karnataka for a shoot with actor Rajinikanth for an episode of his show 'Man vs Wild'."
They also tweeted a video of Rajinikanth making his way towards the chopper to kickstart the shoot. ANI wrote, "#WATCH Actor Rajinikanth arrives at Bandipur forest in Karnataka for a shoot of an episode of 'Man vs Wild' with British adventurer Bear Grylls"
Talking about shooting at Bandipur forest, a senior forest official told New Indian Express, "Permission for the shooting has been given for Sultan Batteri highway and ranges of Mulleholle, Maddur and Kalkere ranges. They will be shooting in the non-tourism zones. If permission to was given to Wild Karnataka shooting, then this is also permitted and besides chief wildlife warden has given permission. Also, no tourism or regular forest patrolling and fire line creation activities will be affected. The shooting Wil be done under special forest protection and no one will be aware of the locations."
Reports have it, even Akshay Kumar is likely to shoot with Bear for Man vs Wild.