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Bollywood blast master keeps it real with fire and fury
Tyagi says practical blasts and controlled stunts deliver realism that artificial intelligence cannot match, even as crews work under strict safety rules.
The tanker explosion climax in his latest blockbuster action film "Dhurandhar 2" used 500 litres of petrol along with explosives in a carefully orchestrated stunt involving star Ranveer Singh.
"The fragments and fires were 100 percent real," Tyagi, 48, told AFP in an interview.
The sequence reflects a growing trend among Indian filmmakers to deploy special effects, looking to deliver the type of authenticity that computer-generated imagery often…