Bollywood blockbusters 'Kick' and 'Bang Bang!' have been nominated in Taurus World Stunt Awards alongside Hollywood biggies like 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' and 'Transformers: Age of Extinction'
'Kick', 'Bang Bang!' nominated for stunt awards in US
Bollywood blockbusters 'Kick' and 'Bang Bang!' have been nominated in Taurus World Stunt Awards alongside Hollywood biggies like 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' and 'Transformers: Age of Extinction'.
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Posters of 'Kick' and 'Bang Bang'. Pic/Santa Banta
Salman Khan-starrer 'Kick' is up against 'The Expendables 3', '22 Jump Street' and 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' for Best High Work Award.
It is also nominated in Best Stunt Rigging category along with '22 Jump Street', 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier', 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' and 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'.
Hrithik Roshan-starrer 'Bang Bang!', which has several death-defying stunts, may bag the Best Fight award if it manages to defeat '300: Rise of an Empire', 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' and 'John Wick'.
It has even won nomination for Best Work With a Vehicle. Other nominees are 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2', 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier', 'Need for Speed' and 'Nightcrawler'.
The Hindi movie with power-packed action scenes is also nominated for Best Specialty Stunt award. It will vie against 'Dumb & Dumber To', 'Fury', 'Need for Speed' and 'Pompeii'.
'Bang Bang!', which also stars Katrina Kaif, may get honoured with Best Overall Stunt By a Stunt Woman at a ceremony to be held in California on May 9. Other contenders are 'Need for Speed', 'Pompeii', 'The Sacrament' and 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'.
Taurus World Stunt Awards in the form of a Taurus statuette is given annually to members of the Taurus World Stunt Academy for outstanding stunt and stunt-related achievements in eligible, theatrically released motion pictures.