Other names Peter Years active 1994–present. | Name Peter Hein Role Stunt Coordinator | |
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Occupation action choreographer, stunt co-ordinator Movies Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan Awards Filmfare Award for Best Action, IIFA Award for Best Action, Filmfare Award for Best Action Director – South Similar People K V Anand, Anthony, Harris Jayaraj, Madhan Karky, Stunt Silva Profiles | ||
Peter hein gets candid on stunts cinema
Peter Hein is an Indian fight master/action choreographer and stunt coordinator who has worked in many South Indian film productions. He became famous for his action sequences in films such as Anniyan (2005), Sivaji (2007), Ghajini (2008), Magadheera (2009), Enthiran (2010), Raavanan (2010), 7aum Arivu (2011), Kochadaiyaan (2014),[[]](2015), Baahubali (2015) and Pulimurugan (2016). He has been nominated for the noted Taurus World Stunt Award against many big Hollywood names. He received a Filmfare Award for Best Action for his work in Ghajini (2008 film). Stunt masters such as Anal Arasu and Silva have worked as fighters and assistants to him. He received the very first National Film Award for Best Stunt Choreographer for his work in Pulimurugan.
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- Peter hein gets candid on stunts cinema
- Attarintiki daredi movie making peter hein explain about stunt making scene
- Early life and career
- Awards
- References
Attarintiki daredi movie making peter hein explain about stunt making scene
Early life and career
He was born in Karaikal to a Tamil father and Vietnamese mother, but grew up in Vadapalani Chennai. His father, Perumal, worked as assistant fight master in Tamil film industries. Later, Peter started his career as an extra fighter and assistant fight master for many Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. During the initial days of his career, he worked as assistant to action directors Kanal Kannan and Vijayan. His debut film as "fight master " was in Minnalae,Tamil film .Krishna Vamsi, a Telugu film director (one-time assistant to Ram Gopal Varma) recognised his sincerity and dedication and offered him the chance to direct the action sequences for the film Murari which is also dubbed in Tamil. From then on, he became a full-length action film director, action co-ordinator and stunt director for various Telugu and Tamil films. He acquired recognition from critics and media for his work in several films such as Anji, Run, and Kaakha Kaakha and it was his work in films such as Varsham, Anniyan, Athadu, Chatrapati and so on that brought him critical acclaim. Ram Gopal Varma introduced him to Bollywood with the film James. Mani Ratnam was very much impressed with his work in films like Athadu, Anniyan and Sivaji and enrolled him to direct the stunt sequences for the film Raavan. However, due to scheduling conflicts with Magadheera, Hein has done limited work for Raavan.
During his early days he was body double for Heroines namely Rambha, Meena, Roja and Vijayashanthi. He suffered as many as 18 fractures while doing a stunt for around 20 days in 2009. He came back to work in a wheelchair, for Rajinikanth's Enthiran (and also Robot in Hindi).
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