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Wajeeha Khan

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Voyager

Posted: 19 years ago

Aakashdeep Sehgal suffered injuries to his head and elbow during a shoot on October 17

Accidents on the sets are inevitable, especially if shooting includes the kind of stunts Zee TV's Time Bomb has.

So far, all had gone well, but the shoot for Ketan Mehta's penultimate episode (to be aired on November 24) did not wrap up on Monday as scheduled.

Glass ceiling

On Monday evening, Aakashdeep Sehgal (Usman of Time Bomb, and Ansh of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi) was hurt while performing a stunt at Aaram Studio, Goregaon (East).

A misjudgement caused Sehgal to bang his head against a glass enclosure, and shooting was stopped for quite some time.

Says Ketan Mehta, who is currently producing the serial, "The scene involved Rajeev Khandelwal and Aakashdeep Sehgal. It was an action sequence.

The actor says his mother was shocked to see him in this condition

Yes, it was a very bad, unfortunate thing that happened. We rushed Aakashdeep to hospital and he received some stitches. However, we did not pack up. Thereafter, we shot the remaining scenes which did not involve him."

Osama fled

"It was a glass enclosure where we were shooting," says Akashdeep. The time bomb had to be diffused and no one had a clue how to do it, except for Osama (played by Vallabh Vyas), who had fled. Rajeev had to push me; I went on to the glass and hurt my head. My elbow too was badly injured and required stitches."

What about his head? "The doctor did advise some stitches on the head, but for that they needed to cut my hair — and I wouldn't let that happen," says the long-haired actor. The actor was rushed to Gokuldham Hospital, but preferred not to inform his family until he reached home. "My mother was quite shaken when she saw me in that condition. But I must thank Ketan and Deepa Mehta for being so considerate and taking immediate steps to attend to me."

Delayed reaction

Co-actor Khandelwal says, "It was a very shocking thing. The whole unit was very tense." The impending shoot was completed yesterday evening.

Says Aakashdeep, "When I woke up in the morning, I was still a bit shaken. I didn't feel it that time so much. Aisa hi hota hai, baad mein hamesha zyada lagta hai, even if it is pain. Anyway, the show must go on."

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Wajeeha Khan

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Posted: 19 years ago

Reel action turned real on Zee's Time Bomb sets on Monday. Baddie Akashdeep Saigal, who plays the terrorist Usman in the weekly serial, crashed through a french window and suffered deep cuts on his head and hands, and had to be rushed to hospital.

Akashdeep Saigal

Akash was enacting an action scene with Time Bomb hero Rajeev Khandelwal at the Aram Studios in Goregaon in suburban Mumbai when the mishap occurred. According to Akash, Rajeev was supposed to push him through the window and effect a crash. But instead of a simulated crash, Akash actually crashed into the glass, cutting himself badly. Unit members rushed him to the Gokuldham Hospital in Goregaon, where his cuts were stitched up. But Akash being Akash, refused to allow the medicos to chop off his long tresses to dress up the wound.

"How could I? They are my identity, I need them for my look in the show," he insists. Akash was back on the sets on Tuesday. Work doesn't come to a standstill for this actor who is also rehearsing for a dance show for Zee and completing the shooting for his directorial debut film, and also preparing to go to Dubai this month end for promoting Time Bomb.

Akash has a history of being in accidents. Last year, while playing Ansh, he accidentally sprained co star Gauri Pradhan's hand during the shooting of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. At that time, Gauri had to be rushed to hospital after she fainted on the sets.