Remember the famous scene in Sholay where Hema Malini shouts “Chal Dhanno!” as she is chased by Gabbar Singh’s men? While the audience rooted for the actor, the real hero of that iconic action sequence was stuntwoman Reshma Pathan who rode the speeding cart. She has spent 3 decades as body double to Bollywood’s leading ladies.
Helen Gibson Silent Serial Queen is a book by Larry Telles about the life of a woman who spent her 51 year career in film, rodeo, circus and vaudeville. In 1930 she became Hollywood's first professional stunt woman for many major studios. She was fearless in her career and life on and off the screen.
You’ve heard that anecdote about Ginger Rogers, haven’t you? How she did everything Fred Astaire did, only she was dancing backwards in high heels? Stuntwomen today are expected to perform all the same stunts that men are asked to do. It’s just that they have to do them under...
