even the mightiest movie star of our land
Amitabh Bachchan. In fact Mr Bachchan has
been saved from the jaws of death on many
occasions, the most serious being the near-
fatal accident on the sets of Manmohan
Desai's Coolie.
One would think Mr Bachchan would have
learnt his lesson by now. But the super-
performer continues to take the most
injury-prone risks during shooting. His
latest derring-do to have landed him with
an injury happened on the location of Vijay
Krishna Acharya's Thugs Of Hindostan last
week.
During an intense action sequence with
Aamir Khan, Mr Bachchan injured his
shoulder. Says a source close to the
Bachchan parivar, "The family keeps
threatening/ warning/ pleading/ begging/
cajoling him not to do stunts. But he
doesn't listen. For Thugs Of Hindostan
(producer) Adi Chopra had insisted on a
body-double for a complicated stunt. But he
(Mr B) insisted on doing it on his own. He
has now injured his shoulder. Is he in pain?
Of course he is! In acute pain. But he never
admits to feeling any pain.
The Bachchan family has laid down a New
Year resolve for the patriarch: no stunts/
action in 2018. "But we doubt he will stay
away from action. We've made him promise
to stay away from stunts in the past...only
to see him back at it, says a member of the
family.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/amitabh-bachchan-hurts-shoulder-action-scene-shoot-aamir-khan-thugs-hindostan/.
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