Rajeev unlearned his horse riding skills

Rajeev unlearned his horse riding skills
Subhash K Jha - 10/17/2008





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Mumbai, Oct 18 (IANS) Actor Rajeev Khandelwal of "Aamir" fame plays a jockey in forthcoming film "Khan", but says he had to unlearn his horse riding skills for the movie since riding as a hobby is different from being a professional jockey.

"I've been riding horses from childhood. My father was in the army. So I was exposed to an equestrian life from the start. However, I've realised there's a vast difference between riding as a hobby and riding professionally. I've been unlearning my horse riding to play the jockey in 'Khan'. It's a fascinating but tough process. I can't say I'm not enjoying it," Rajeev told IANS.

This is Rajeev's second film after critically acclaimed "Aamir" and he has been spending considerable time on the race tracks with reputed jockeys of Mumbai to learn to be a professional horse rider.

The actor is establishing a rapport with the horse, which he compares with the boy's friendship with the donkey in Santosh Sivan's "Tahaan".

"But I don't really need to get friendly with the horse. In my experiences with jockeys, I've been told that horses respond to being controlled. If you are in-charge and fearless on a horse, it will carry you well. In that sense, horse riding is a lot like my career," said Rajeev who became a household name after his stint in the TV series "Kahiin To Hoga".

About the title of the film, Rajeev joked that "after 'Aamir' doing 'Khan' will prove once and for all whom I'd like to model my career on".

The film is being produced by Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd (PNC), which has produced films like "Jhankaar Beats", "Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi" and "Chameli".

Said producer Pritish Nandy: "'Khan' is a film about the relationship between a jockey who's on a downward slide in life and his horse. Its sub-title is 'Second Chances Don't Come Easily'. Rajeev will have a girl. But the main relationship would be between the jockey and the horse."

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thanks for sharing this

thats good
he got to learn something new

thanks for the article faru..!!

horse riding is so much of fun as a hobby but as a professional is a real tough job but im sure Rajeev would do pretty well in that too!

ruku
wish main bhi horse riding seek pati

preeti dii horse riding is real fun, per hobby tak hi thik hai...

ruksaar_khan wrote:

preeti dii horse riding is real fun, per hobby tak hi thik hai...

yaar ruku
i get scared of animals
love them durr se
horse riding is very durrr ki baat for me

i am allergic to animals so i cant ride th horse but loved to see Rajeev on horse........it would be killer

i did horse riding once in my life...its fun ...but m afraid of it too

thnx 4 da artical

Nidhi wrote:

i did horse riding once in my life...its fun ...but m afraid of it too

hawww
mujhe kyun nahii bulaya?

thanku for the article...

Preeti wrote:

Nidhi wrote:

i did horse riding once in my life...its fun ...but m afraid of it too

hawww
mujhe kyun nahii bulaya?

tab i didnt knw u n tab net bhi use karna nahi aata tha ..warna bula leti