Shah Rukh Khan has suffered a back injury on the sets of his upcoming film, King. The actor, who was last seen in Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki, has been working on his next film with director Siddharth Anand and was reportedly shooting in Mumbai when the injury happened.
According to India Today, the actor travelled to the US for treatment. Now, he has relocated to the UK, where he is recovering. He is accompanied with his family. A source told the publication that the injury is minor and the actor is recovering well. However, the filming of the action thriller is currently halted and will resume in September. Due to the injury, SRK’s planned trip to Sri Lanka has also been postponed.
Shah Rukh Khan’s older injuries
This is the second time when the actor has injured his back. Previously, during the making of Boney Kapoor’s 2002 film Shakti, the actor hurt his back. At that time, he was operated in a hospital in the UK. He was diagnosed with prolapsed disc. He eventually opted for an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery which had a disc inserted in his spine. Soon after, he shot for Ashutosh Gowariker’s Swades.
Recalling an incident from the set where he dropped him from his bike, his co-star Daya Shankar Panday told Friday Talkies, “This was the same time when Shah Rukh Khan was suffering from severe back pain. So much that he had a physio on set.”
Previously, the actor incurred a major injury on sets of Yash Chopra’s Darr. He fractured his three ribs and left knee. He had also suffered an injury on the sets of Rakesh Roshan’s film Koyla. The knee injury worsened during the making of the 2011 film Ra-One. He had to undergo a surgery to ease the pain.
In 2007, he injured his left shoulder during the shooting of an action scene in Dulha Mil Gaya. The same shoulder was injured once again when he was shooting for Karan Johar’s 2008 film, My Name Is Khan.
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In 2013, he hurt his shoulder badly for which he had to undergo a surgery. He was treated in London.
What do we know about King?
King, directed by Siddharth Anand, will also feature Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter, Suhana Khan. This will mark her big-screen debut after her debut film The Archies on Netflix. Apart from Suhana, the film also stars actors Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Anil Kapoor and Abhay Verma in important roles.
