Ayesha Takia was nervous as hell while shooting a scene for her movie De Taali .

The cute and yummy-yummy actress was a bundle of nerves when E Niwas, the director of the film, told her to sit in a catapult with co-stars Ritesh Deshmukh and Aftab Shivdasani while shooting in Auckland, New Zealand.

The catapult was set to elevate to dizzy heights and then come down at great speed.

Since Ayesha is afraid of heights, she refused to do the scene. However, Ritesh and Aftab – the pranksters that they are – tricked Ayesha into sitting on the coaster after assuring her that the shot won’t be taken. But after Ayesha strapped herself in the seat, the catapult began and the camera rolled.

At first, the actress began screaming with fear. Then she realized that the crowd was cheering her and so she braved a leap and fall in the catapult.

The whole shot was canned and is retained in ‘De Taali’.

Later, encouraged by Ayesha’s response, the director asked her to do bungee jumping. This time, however, Ayesha could not be fooled into doing the stunt.

‘De Taali’ also stars Rimi Sen. The film is slated to release on June 20.