Aamir Khan gets muscle spasm during ‘Dangal’ film shoot

Sources from the production team said Aamir Khan got muscle spasm in his thigh when he was shooting a scene for the biopic.

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FILE photo: Aamir Khan recently met with the entire Phogat family on the sets of his upcoming film, ‘Dangal’ in Ludhiana, Punjab. Since the film is based on the life of Mahavir Phogat, the former wrestler was present to witness the first shot along his daughters Geeta and Babita on Monday (September 21)

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan was on Saturday injured on sets while shooting for his upcoming movie ‘Dangal’ in Ludhiana.

Sources from the production team told The Indian Express that the actor is suffering from muscle spasms in the back and thighs. Doctors advised Aamir to take two days bed rest before resuming work.

The sources also said that the muscle spasm was a result of intense workout schedule which Aamir Khan is following currently and practising wrestling for prolonged hours to complete the shoot.

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Dangal is based on the life of Haryana-based wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and was being shot in villages Gujjarwal, Dango, Leel, Narangwal and Kila Raipur of Ludhiana. Some sequences have also been shot at Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana.

His personal trainer Rahul Bhatt, son of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and known fitness trainer, is also accompanying Aamir in Ludhiana and working on his diet and workout schedule.

Alan McAlex, the executive producer of the film, said, “Aamir just got a muscle spasm while shooting but now he is doing absolutely fine. He is resting as of now and will resume shooting soon.”

A source from Team Aamir further said, “The actor complained of sudden intense pain in his thighs most probably due to the strain he is taking for practising the wrestling moves. The shoot in village Gujjarwal was cancelled for the day immediately and he was taken for a medical check up. However, everything is fine and it was not a major injury. The shoot will resume soon.”

Divya Goyal

Divya Goyal is a Principal Correspondent with The Indian Express, based in Punjab. Her interest lies in exploring both news and feature stories, with an effort to reflect human interest at the heart of each piece. She writes on gender issues, education, politics, Sikh diaspora, heritage, the Partition among other subjects. She has also extensively covered issues of minority communities in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She also explores the legacy of India's partition and distinct stories from both West and East Punjab. She is a gold medalist from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, the most revered government institute for media studies in India, from where she pursued English Journalism (Print). Her research work on “Role of micro-blogging platform Twitter in content generation in newspapers” had won accolades at IIMC. She had started her career in print journalism with Hindustan Times before switching to The Indian Express in 2012. Her investigative report in 2019 on gender disparity while treating women drug addicts in Punjab won her the Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity in 2020. She won another Laadli for her ground report on the struggle of two girls who ride a boat to reach their school in the border village of Punjab. ... Read More

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