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Injured Amitabh Bachchan attends Virushka reception

THE ASIAN AGE. | SUBHASH K JHA
Published : Dec 29, 2017, 12:10 am IST
Updated : Dec 29, 2017, 12:10 am IST

The family has now laid down a New Year’s resolution for the patriarch — no stunts or action in 2018.

Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli at their wedding reception
 Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli at their wedding reception

Amitabh Bachchan is no stranger to illnesses and injuries. In fact, the superstar has escaped the jaws of death on many occasions, including the near-fatal accident on the sets of Manmohan Desai’s Coolie, decades ago.

While one would think that the actor has learnt his lesson by now, he still seems to be bent on risking his health for his stunts, even at the age of 75. His latest injury has come on location of Vijay Krishna Acharya’s Thugs of Hindostan, last week.

During an intense action sequence with Aamir Khan, Big B injured his shoulder.

A source close to the Bachchans says, “The family keeps warning, pleading and even cajoling him to not do stunts. For Thugs of Hindostan, producer Aditya Chopra insisted on a body double for a complicated stunt. But he insisted on doing it on his own. He has now injured his shoulder. He’s in acute pain. But he never admits to it.”

The family has now laid down a New Year’s resolution for the patriarch — no stunts or action in 2018.

“We’ve made him promise to stay away from stunts in the past, only to see him back at it,” sighs a family member.

Interestingly, this did not stop the actor from arriving with the whole family to bless newlyweds Virat Kolhi and Anushka Sharma, at their Mumbai reception. He posed for pictures with daughter Shweta Bachchan Nanda.

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