With Toonpur Ka Superhero Ajay Devgan is back to action after five years (Qayamat) and the heavy-duty action scenes have laid him up in bed.
 
A unit member says, "After resuming the shoot on Tuesday ('Mommy takes ill'; HiTLIST, July 30) Ajay was shooting for some action scenes with Hollywood action director, Jack Gill, and he sprained his back. The action scene required the actor to fight the evil characters of Toonpur all the time hanging on cables and wires."

The cable guy

On Thursday, Ajay started complaining of a stiff and sore back after being hung on a cable for hours. The actor refused painkilling injections and medicines as he wanted to be focussed on the shot and not get muzzy-headed. Says a source from the unit, "But Ajay didn't want to take a break as he's very excited about doing action after five years but yesterday, finally, he had to rest as his back got steadily worse."

Ajay admits, "Yes, my muscles have stiffened because I am doing kick-ass action after a long time. I felt stiff on Thursday and Friday but now I am fine. These things happen. I am very excited about the action in Toonpur."

Shortlisted

Ajay, producer Kumar Mangat and director, Kireet Khurana had short-listed eight top international stunt directors but Ajay had selected Jack as he was very impressed with his body of work which includes Wild Hogs, The Invasion, The Reaping, Mission Zero.

Jack Gill costs big bills!

Five lakh a day as his fees plus one lakh for food and lodging (at the JW Marriott hotel) for 56 days which adds up to a whopping Rs 3.36 crore. Kumar Mangat says, "We don't get the kind of equipment in India of the kind that Jack has got with him, the vision to execute it and people who can carry out this vision. Though he's expensive, Jack is a great action director. The end justifies the means."