its been more than a year since puneeth rajkumar had a release his last being the 2012 december film yaare koogadali which by his own admission has spurred him to work on backtoback projects in the new year puneeth has a chockablock schedule this year having wrapped up his upcoming release ninnindale the actor is currently working on the kannada remake of dookudu which he will follow up with pavan wadeyars ranavikrama and a film with suri here he speaks to us about his longest foreign schedule ever for ninnindale overcoming his fear of heights and moreninnindale will be your first release after a whileyes that was not conscious decision ninnindale was supposed to have started earlier and been a 2013 release but it got delayed i wasnt perturbed about not having a release until friends started pointing it out to me this is probably the reason im now doing backtoback films that will keep me busy this year and into the nextninnindale was shot extensively in the us and subsequently bangkok over long schedules i have been to many exotic places on personal holidays and for films but shooting for so long in a foreign country was a first for me we headed out for about 40 days with a big team including actors and the crew the film starts and ends in the us doing the entire talkie portion abroad was a first as normally only songs and maybe stunts are shot on foreign location it was a fabulous experience we shot extensively in new york new jersey and manhattan among others the production team and director jayanth c paranji took great care of all of uswatch the trailer of ninnindalewas it then all work and no play while abroad the priority was to finish shooting so it was more about work but then living together with the entire team for such a long stint was a nice experience in itself the fact that we shot at exotic locations made work like a picnic that apart i have a lot of friends in the us many of who visited me often during my shoot there at one point even my wife and kids joined me therewhats your role like in the film i play a kannadiga who lives in the us but let me clarify here that i dont play an americanborn desi ninnindale is a very sweet soft romantic entertainer with a love story at its crux there were rumours that this is an action film perhaps because of the adventure sports i have done but that is not true like most commercial films it has songs and action but done differentlytell us about the adventure sports you did in the film i got to do skydiving which was absolutely exhilarating especially because i have always had a fear of heights in fact on my holidays with my kids to amusement parks across the world i have never gone on a ride that would take me off