Bollywood actress Ayesha Takia had a close brush with disaster when a stunt for her latest film went horribly wrong, leaving her on a railway track next to a speeding train, her producer said to a national daily on Friday.

During shooting for director Nagesh Kukunoor's new film Dor in Rajasthan, Takia decided to do her own stunt, executive producer Elahi said.

"It was a train sequence and Ayesha had to run alongside the train," Elahi said.

"Suddenly we couldn't see her any more. We all thought that she must have come under the train," he added.

The 21-yeay-old actor tripped over a pipe and landed right next to the rails. The producer confirmed that she was injured but provided no details.

"She was very close to the tracks, luckily she was alive," a very relieved Elahi said.