The actress is learning dirt bike riding and also learn deep-sea diving for Zoya Akhtar's Running With The Bulls

Katrina Kaif is going all out to prepare for Zoya Akhtar's next film Running With The Bulls with Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar and Abhay Deol. Currently the actress is learning dirt bike riding after which she will learn deep-sea diving.

The actress confirms from London, "Zoya's film is a very contemporary one and I play a very outdoorsy character. I am not an action girl but I get to do stuff like dirt bike riding and deep sea diving, so it's better than I learn these skills before we start shooting."

Spanish shoot
Kat, who trains with Jasmine Karachiwala, says after she returns, she will enroll in a deep-sea diving course in Mumbai.

"I have done some diving in Mauritius when I was there on a holiday and learnt some basic stuff while shooting for an underwater ad with the equipment used for diving but Zoya wants some hardcore scenes underwater for which I have to be properly trained." The under-sea portions will be shot in Spain."

Though Katrina doesn't plan to be a certified deep-sea diver she plans to learn it seriously. She wants to take time off from her work schedule and apply herself to it religiously, as she is not entirely comfortable in the ocean.

"I have told Zoya to let me do the scenes in shallow waters as I am bit nervous about shooting underwater. The deep sea is very mysterious and I feel bit scared at finding out what's there."

Besides that, Katrina is looking forward to working with Abhay, Hrithik and Farhan and her director, "Zoya's got a definite vision and her genre of filmmaking is to be lauded. Running With The Bulls is one of the best scripts that I have read so far."

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Water babes
Hitlist had reported on Monday that after doing a diving scene in Housefull, Deepika Padukone now plans to take up scuba diving and become a certified diver.

She began lessons during the making of Housefull, and will continue them during her Mauritius schedule of Break Ke Baad.

Deepika loves swimming in the ocean and after doing deep sea diving in Puglia (Italy) she now wants to take it up seriously and get a certificate. She needs to complete a certain number of lessons before getting the certificate.

Lara Dutta was scared of the water but she learnt scuba diving for Blue as her co-star Akshay Kumar recommended that she do it. She has actually managed to overcome her fear of the underwater to do some serious scuba-diving with the ever-sporty Akshay.

Hollywood films shot underwater

The Abyss: James Cameron directs a tale set during the Cold War. When a US nuclear submarine sinks due to unknown circumstances, the navy enlists a team of divers to rescue the missiles and survivors and indirectly prevent World War III.

Lady In The Water: In this Manoj Night Shyamalan film, Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti) has to help Story (Bryce Dallas Howard) find a way back to her underwater home.

Waterworld: A mariner (Kevin Costner) has to save a girl who knows how to get to dry land at a time when the polar caps have melted and earth is almost fully underwater.

Fool's Gold: When estranged couple Benjamin (Matthew McConaughey) and Tess (Kate Hudson) go diving in search of hidden treasure, they inadvertently rekindle their romance.

Into The Blue: Jared Cole (Paul Walker) and his girlfriend Sam Nicholson (Jessica Alba) are searching for treasure in the Caribbean Sea and land in trouble when they accidentally locate an airplane on the sea floor with cocaine on board.