Ahimsa Times says: WORLDS SHORTEST STUNTMAN KIRAN SHAH A DEVOUT JAIN Kiran Shah was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1956. Kiran left Kenya when he was 12 years old as his family decided to relocate to India. It was in India that Kiran’s interest in films began however due to his father’s ill health this was put on hold and the family moved to England to join Kiran’s older brother. Kiran continued his studies in England however he was still interested in show business. In 1973 when he was 17 years old he spotted an advert in ‘Timeout’ magazine for the Red Buddha Theatre Company, encouraged by his brother and family he decided to audition. He won the part of the main clown mime artist and went on tour with the company to Italy with the play ‘Man From The East’. In the next four years he appeared in various experimental theatre productions. In 1976 Kiran was working on his first film ‘Candleshoe’ starring David Niven and Jodie Foster as a stand-in for one of the main characters; it was on location that stunt coordinator Bob Anderson asked him to perform stunts for that same character. This was his break into stunt work and he hasn’t looked back since. Kiran has performed stunts on many big blockbuster films. These include ‘Superman & Superman II’ where he was the scale double for Christopher Reeve. In ‘Aliens’ performing stunts for the character Newt. ‘Titanic’ performing a number of high falls as the ship sank and also the scene when Leonardo finds and helps a little boy. Others include’ James Bond’, ‘Harry Potter’ and many many more.Kiran spent four years in New Zealand working on Peter Jackson’s trilogy ‘The Lord of the Rings’. He worked as a scale and stunt double for all four hobbits mainly Frodo working closely with Elijah Wood. It is surprising how many times you see Kiran on screen without knowing it’s him. It was also on ‘Candleshoe’ that Kiran got his break into acting, he was spotted by producer John Dark who asked him to audition for the film ‘The People that Time Forgot’. Since then Kiran has acted in numerous film, television productions, commercials and videos.
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 08:33:22 +0000
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