Get ready for unlimited adventure with ‘Into The Wild with Bear Grylls and Akshay Kumar’

• Watch the show on Discovery Plus App with a digital first premiere on 11th September at 8 pm
• 12 Discovery network of channels including Discovery Channel, Discovery HD, DTamil, Animal Planet, Animal Planet HD, TLC, TLC HD, Discovery ID, Discovery ID HD, Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo, and Discovery Kids to simulcast the show at 8:00 pm on September 14

Mumbai, September 07, 2020— Discovery, India’s leading real-life entertainment network, is back with yet another thrilling episode of ‘Into The Wild with Bear Grylls and Akshay Kumar’. The dynamic duo set off on an unexpected journey across Bandipur Tiger Reserve situated in the state of Karnataka.

Select excerpts from the show:

Akshay’s friends join him on the adventure: Akshay’s friends have special messages for him which are shared by Bear Grylls at various stages of the show. The besties who wish him in the episode include Twinkle Khanna, Suniel Shetty and Katrina Kaif. You will have to watch the show to find out more about what these stars have to say.

Khiladi Kumar in Action: Akshay Kumar is known for performing his own stunts in the movies. With this episode, the viewers will now get to see him perform some breath-taking stunts in the beautiful Indian wilderness. The episode starts with a casual chat between Bear and Akshay as they travel to their starting point in a vehicle. Akshay shares intimate details about his family and his childhood, which included living together with 24 people in a small house in Old Delhi.

Walking into the bushes, Bear makes Akshay aware of the predators they are potentially surrounded by, like tigers, jackals and big elephants and advises him to be alert at all times. Akshay promises to follow his advice and says, “I’m going to just follow you, whatever you’re going to say. I’m going to be a good student. Let’s keep it like that.”

Impressed by Akshay’s life stories and his work, Bear does not go easy on Akshay Kumar and throws some unexpected challenges at him.

Learning survival tricks: Making a harness out of rope

Beginning their adventure into the wild, Akshay and Bear need to find their route, leading them to a bridge by the river, which is their extraction point. With this comes Akshay’s first challenge, to find the safe path by climbing up a tall tree. Bear teaches Akshay to make a climbing harness by himself with just a rope, a trick that comes in very handy when one is battling for survival in the jungle. Akshay takes his first step while strapped in this DIY harness to reach to the top branch of a very tall tree, following instructions from Bear Grylls. However, it isn’t as easy as it looks. “It is very hard. Harder than what I do in my shoot. I actually enjoyed myself. And I have to learn this technique of making a harness with a rope,” said Akshay Kumar.

Drinking Elephant Poop Tea: Akshay was surprised when Bear Grylls claimed of making tea out of elephant dung, “Can we drink it?” he asks incredulously. While it seemed undesirable at first, on tasting the elephant poop tea for the first time, Akshay seemed to be surprised by the fact that he actually liked it as he exclaimed, “That’s really nice.”

A new technique of climbing a ladder: The final task of this journey, for Akshay, is to climb a rope ladder up the bridge as quickly as possible and with a unique technique that he is completely unaware of. This one’s a first for Akshay as he says excited at the prospect of learning something new, “I’ve climbed a lot of ladders but never one foot ahead, one foot behind. This is going to be the first time I’m going to try doing this.”

A Superstar with a Purpose: Through the episode, Akshay goes on to reveal the influence of his father on him, who was in the army. He says, “He’s the only influence I have in my life and I’ve followed all his rules and all the things that he has taught me, and I hope my son gets that.”

Talking about a cause very close to his heart- ‘Bharat Ke Veer’, Akshay Kumar shared, “We started ‘Bharat Ke Veer’ where the martyrs’ family get direct money from the public. It’s a service given by the Government, but the money doesn’t go to the Government, the money goes straight to the martyr’s family and they also come to know who has given it.”

Premiere
Into The Wild with Bear Grylls is an innovative new format inspired by Man Vs Wild, which is one of the most watched wilderness survival television series in the world. Into The Wild with Bear Grylls is produced for Discovery Communications India by The Natural Studios and Banijay Asia, where Bear Grylls, Delbert Shoopman and Deepak Dhar are Producers. It will premiere on the Discovery Plus App on 11th September 2020 at 8 PM. The broadcast premiere of the show is scheduled for 8:00 PM on September 14 across 12 Discovery channels including Discovery Channel, Discovery HD, DTamil, Animal Planet, Animal Planet HD, TLC, TLC HD, Discovery ID, Discovery ID HD, Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo, and Discovery Kids. The premiere on Discovery Plus, Discovery and Discovery HD will be available in 7 languages including Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali and English.
About The Natural Studios:
The Natural Studios is a multi-BAFTA-winning production house for the world’s greatest adventure programming. A joint venture with Banijay Group, it is run by Co-CEO’s Bear Grylls & Delbert Shoopman, and has a footprint of global properties that have inspired and moved people to go for it in their lives and never give up. TNS shows have been watched by over 2 billion people worldwide, with an aggregated audience of over 120 million for Running Wild (US) alone. And most recently, 3.6 billion online impressions were secured when Grylls embarked on an adventure with Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

About Banijay Asia: Banijay Group, a leading content producer and distributor, entered the Indian & South East Asian market in 2018 under the guidance of Deepak Dhar. The content creator conglomerate witnessed various associations including Salman Khan’s SK TV that recently brought back ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’, MS Dhoni’s Dhoni Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. that co-produced Roar of the Lion, on Hotstar Specials and their recent collaboration with Group M’s – Motion Content Group, Wavemaker, Talpa and The Natural Studios with Bear Grylls. Apart from that, Banijay Asia has also produced various eminent shows like Ruskin Bond’s Ghost tales, Hostages, ARRived with AR Rehman, as well as region specific shows including The Great Indian Laughter Challenge (Telugu) and Divided (Tamil) amongst others.
About Discovery India: Discovery Communications India, country’s leading real life entertainment player, is dedicated to satisfying curiosity, engaging and entertaining viewers with high-quality content through its portfolio of 14 channels including Discovery Channel, Discovery HD, Animal Planet, Animal Planet HD, TLC, TLC HD, Investigation Discovery, Investigation Discovery HD, Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo, Discovery Kids, DTamil and sports channels Eurosport and Eurosport HD. The company recently launched India’s first aggregated real-life entertainment streaming app Discovery Plus. Available on Android, iOS and on the desktop / mobile web and Fire TV, the app offers more than 40,000 hours of content, across 40+ genres including Science, Adventure, Food and Lifestyle, in the language of your choice. For more information, please visit corporate.discovery.com.

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