Super busy Hrithik Roshan,Shah Rukh Khan: No time for sick leave

Salman Khan still has to go for his mandatory follow-ups to the US after being diagnosed with the rare nerve disorder trigeminal neuralgia — for which he underwent an eight-hour gamma knife surgery in Pittsburg.

After a six-month hard-fought battle with ovarian cancer,Manisha Koirala is finally back home in Mumbai to welcome her favourite monsoons.

Enter the Bollywood sick files. As work schedules reach hyper levels and constant travel,staggered diets and work stress play havoc with routines,the hurt list of Bollywood is growing. Even though Bollywood employs credible stunt coordinators who insist on the mandatory use of safety harness,accidents while filming can still happen.

Hrithik landed up in the hospital because a stunt went awry during the shoot of his forthcoming film,Bang Bang.

Ranveer Singh injured his back while filming Lootera,which kept him out of circulation for more than three months. And we all are aware of Amitabh Bachchan’s near fatal accident on the sets of Coolie.

Every minute that the camera is on,somebody is losing money.

With crores riding on our superstars,their health and safety assume premium importance. They just can’t afford an unscheduled day off. It kind of makes you feel bad for the stars. Like it happened with Hrithik.

Even as he was getting prepped for his surgery,trade went into a tizzy as to how this delay will impact the release dates.

Fox Star Studio,the suits behind Bang Bang,immediately issued a press release that the actor’s health is their top priority and they are moving the third schedule ahead.

The spotlight then shifted to Rakesh Roshan who was asked by the microphones if this will delay the release of Krrish 3. His son is in hospital but everybody wanted to know when the superhero movie would come out. Who said it’s easy being a film star?

harneet.singh@expressindia.com