this story originally appeared in on jul 11 2019the race may have ended but not daisy shahs love for action fuelled undoubtedly by her mentorfriend salman khan a little over two years ago she started learning rifle shooting and in may this year she got her license from the national rifle associationof india it started off for fun with me accompanying some friends who were into shooting for practise prodded by them when i gave it a try they pronounced that i was a natural at it and should pursue it furtherread alsobhavya gandhi and daisy shah are here to give us major friendship goalsbtown actress daisy shah and bhavya gandhi an actor who has nailed his skills ever since he was a child star were seen together captured in a single framei did got into the nationals in may but didnt win against contestants who had scored as high as 580 and 597 out of 600 mine was 497 which wasnt too bad and now i have my licence too exults the actress going on to explain that with every shot that hits bullseye you earn 10 pointsshe rues the lack of practise admitting she went into the competition with just two days of prep she didnt even get to try her shots in a 300metre range as the biggest in mumbai is 50 metres but now i have started training for the point22 rifle shooting competition in august under my coach moraad ali khan who is an arjuna awardee i practice at the maharashtra rifle association for at least two hours every day this sport requires complete dedication and is very therapeutic you have to have a blank mind when you shoot which is a kind of meditation too smiles daisy who admits the heavy rifle was difficult to carry earlier but she has now got accustomed to its weightshe points out that she looked convincing firing a gun in race 3 because the sport had taught her how to unload a bullet which you see in the film ill never lose touch with the sport but at the same time i will always be an actress first she asserts