Shah Rukh works on two films while suffering from injury
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has worked through illness to finalise two shoot, it has been learnt.
The actor has been suffering from a knee injury which was inflicted on him during his stay in London. Says a source, "Ever since SRK hurt his knee playing football in London while on holiday, he hasn’t had time to recover completely. First he shot for a rain song despite having a painful swollen knee for Yash Raj’s Rab De Bana Di Jodi with actress Anushka. Khan suffers from water retention and was terribly uncomfortable. In spite of that, he finished the schedule at Yash Raj on time. Except Adi, he didn’t inform anyone at Yash Raj about his injury."
Once that was done and dusted, King Khan then went to the sets of Billoo Barber and worked further. Director Priyadarshan clarifies, "We shot the scene in Film City with action director Thyagarajan and Shah Rukh had to learn Alayi Hejje, a very difficult dance art form. He worked on it and learnt it in a short time. Alayi Hejje is a south form of stylised action-dance which was used in old movies with ropes and fighters. We completed the action scene in four days. Though he was in extreme discomfort and pain, not once, did he show express pain, or complain. Shooting got completed on time."
When Shah Rukh was asked about this, he dismissed it, saying, "Actually my knee is perpetually in stress. It has never become alright post my two surgeries some years ago so it pains every now and then and so I don’t cancel shoots or work because of it. I had hurt my leg playing football. When I dance or fight, my shin and then my knee always get like this. It’s no big deal, really."