Rakesh Roshan was scared his security guards would kill him after he was shot by gangsters: ‘Voh peeche se na mujhe maar de’

Rakesh Roshan said that the presence of guards made him feel “very claustrophobic.” He said, “When I would go for a walk on the beach, those two security guards would be with me. I was like ‘what is happening?’ So I requested them to take away my security cover. I am okay just as I am. We will see what happens.”

Rakesh Roshan was in this car when he was shot in 2000. (Photo: Express Archives)

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In a previous chat with Zoom, Rakesh Roshan said that he was with his driver when the shots were fired and the man was shivering in fear. “I asked him to catch his breath. Until then, I didn’t even realise that I was shot. Then we headed to the police station because I suspected that the shooters might be nearby, and they might get caught,” he recalled. Rakesh said that he could feel some blood oozing out of his shirt and tried to stop it with a handkerchief as he reached the police station. The cops then took him to the hospital.

Rakesh said that he called his father-in-law J Om Prakash from the hospital, and his next call was to son Hrithik Roshan. He shared, “I called Hrithik. He was at Yash Chopra’s house. I told him, ‘Duggu, don’t leave the house. Your grandfather will call you, you come with him.'” Rakesh recalled that he tried to stay calm after the surgery because if he panicked, the family would worry even more. He shared, “Even after I got discharged, I used to get calls from there (the underworld). And I would speak to them. Sometimes I spoke to them in such a way that my friends, who were sitting with me, would ask, ‘Aren’t you scared?’ I said, ‘No.'”