India — Chethan D’Souza Took Nazriya Nazim Through the First Stunt Sequence of Her Career on “Scene”
- Chethan D’Souza was the stunt choreographer on the Tamil film “Scene,” starring Suriya.
- He posted behind-the-scenes stills of himself walking Nazriya Nazim through the first stunt sequence of her career.
- He says she learned every move without complaint, and calls the film the start of her action work.
Posted: November 10, 2026
Taking a performer through her first stunt sequence is a specific job, and it is the one action director Chethan D’Souza describes on “Scene,” Jithu Madhavan’s Tamil feature with Suriya. Nazriya Nazim had never done stunt work in a career that goes back more than a decade; the stills D’Souza put up on Tuesday show him blocking moves for her on a street location with the unit standing by, and show her rigged in a body harness between setups.
What D’Souza singles out is the part coordinators actually need from an actor who has no action background: willingness to drill. He says she gave her best to every single move, with “no complaints, no excuses,” which is what makes the schedule work when a sequence has to be built on the performer rather than handed to a double. He frames the film as the start of her action work rather than a one-off, and Nazriya answered the post on her Instagram Stories wondering why her “Master” thought she could do it at all.
“Scene” opened on November 6 and has taken more than 140 crore worldwide in its first five days, so the sequence is being seen widely — a useful data point for anyone pitching a lead actor on doing their own work in frame.
Learn more on IMDb: Scene (2026) · Chethan D’Souza
