When we sit to chat with Arjun Rampal about his latest release, Crakk—Jeetegaa Toh Jiyegaa, his opening line to us is, “If it wasn’t hard, I wouldn’t have done it.” The actor recalls that during the first narration, he realised that the film carries the vision of a “pretty crazy guy”. With his second production, actor-producer Vidyut Jammwal belts out an extreme sports movie that revolves around an underground sports competition spearheaded by the antagonist, essayed by Rampal. “I have been in the industry for many years, and this was the first time I walked on the set and didn’t know anyone. I was opposite this beast called Vidyut. He knows how to push the envelope with action. Every day I walked on the set, someone was somersaulting, another jumping out of a window, or cycling on a pole. I was surrounded by these awesome athletes and I had the tough job of doing it better than them,” he shares.

Arjun Rampal