Karate Man teaches Aishwairya

‘It was a memorable experience’ recalled ‘Karate’ Ramesh, who runs Japan Shito-Ryu karate school in Vellore for over 30 years, which is affiliated to the World Karate Federation.

He said that a couple of weeks back he had received a phone call from Peter Hein, the stunt master for Endiran, offering him to coach for Aishwarya Rai, the basics of karate.

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‘I readily agreed because it is a lifetime offer to work in the mega movie’ Ramesh noted. In the movie, the heroine learns karate from the hero. ‘While the hero Rajnikanth already knows these steps, I had to coach the heroine and her friends’ Ramesh claimed.

In addition, Ramesh also appears in the climax fight scene as a Black Cat commando member. According to him, Aishwarya was a quick learner and without much rehearsal she was able to repeat the karate movements.

He has already acted for a Manirathnam movie Iruvar (1997) in which Aishwarya was the heroine, where he duped for Mohanlal in some fight sequences.

He used to watch Aishwarya Rai from a distance in that movie. But now when he had the opportunity to coach her for Endiran’, it was an awesome experience for the karate Man.