Purab Kohli dragged through the Rann of Kutch for Girish Malik's Jal

Purab Kohli, who’ll be seen doing some action packed scenes in his upcoming movie Jal, is an actor who prefers doing stunts on his own without using a body double. “I like doing my own stunts. I feel I haven’t worked if I haven’t done my stunts. Having performed the action in Jal, I feel I can do a lot of stunts,” informs Purab. A particular scene of the film that the actor shot lately shows Purab’s character Bakka being dragged across the Rann of Kutch. It so happens that Bagga is accused of theft and as a result of which the villagers decide to drag him across the desert by tying him to a camel as a punishment. The film’s director Girish Malik suggested using a body double but Purab refused the same. “I knew getting dragged by a camel in a dessert sounds horrible, though I have to admit it was real fun. I felt like a kid on a joy ride and only after we finished shooting the sequence and the excitement settled, I realised the back pain,” the actor reveals. Speaking on his experience about shooting the film, Purab avers, “We shot the film during the summer in Gujarat. I remember there was water scarcity even for the unit members and it was necessary to complete the shooting in the deserted location as the story is based on the scarcity of water in the state. Shooting in an unbearably hot climate without inadequate food and water became a bigger challenge. We hope people will like the film.” The film is slated to release on 4 April, 2014