'Kick', 'Bang Bang!' nominated for stunt awards in US

A still from 'Bang Bang'.

Mumbai: Bollywood blockbusters ‘Kick’ and ‘Bang Bang!’ have been nominated in Taurus World Stunt Awards alongside Hollywood biggies like ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ and ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’.

Salman Khan-starrer ‘Kick’ is up against ‘The Expendables 3’, ‘22 Jump Street’ and ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ for Best High Work Award, read taurusworldstuntawards.com.

It is also nominated in Best Stunt Rigging category along with ‘22 Jump Street’, ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ and ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’.

Hrithik Roshan-starrer “Bang Bang!”, which has several death-defying stunts, may bag the Best Fight award if it manages to defeat ‘300: Rise of an Empire’, ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ and ‘John Wick’.

It has even won nomination for Best Work With a Vehicle. Other nominees are ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’, ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’,  ‘Need for Speed’ and ‘Nightcrawler’.

The Hindi movie with power-packed action scenes is also nominated for Best Specialty Stunt award. It will vie against ‘Dumb & Dumber To’, ‘Fury’, ‘Need for Speed’ and ‘Pompeii’.

“Bang Bang!”, which also stars Katrina Kaif, may get honoured with Best Overall Stunt By a Stunt Woman at a ceremony to be held in California on May 9. Other contenders are ‘Need for Speed’, ‘Pompeii’, ‘The Sacrament’ and ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’.

Taurus World Stunt Awards in the form of a Taurus statuette is given annually to members of the Taurus World Stunt Academy for outstanding stunt and stunt-related achievements in eligible, theatrically released motion pictures.