The face was paralyzed on the sets of ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’
Anupam Kher told that when he became successful in films and his career was made, suddenly he got facial paralysis. That is, his face got paralyzed. Anupam Kher had said, ‘Life sometimes brings you to such a point where you start to realize your strength or you have an idea of weakness. It seems to me that God tests you before giving you anything big. One day I was having food at my friend Anil Kapoor’s place. Till then I had done at least 150 films. It was very popular then. His wife Sunita said that Anupam, you are not blinking an eye.
Were eating food at Anil Kapoor’s house, then it came to know that something is wrong
Anupam Kher further said, ‘I thought it might be happening due to fatigue. The next day when I started brushing, water was automatically dripping out of my mouth. Soap also went into the eye while taking a bath. Then I went to Yash Chopra’s house. I said Yash ji, my face is shifting a little more to the left since last night. So he said don’t joke. Go to the doctor. So I went to the neurosurgeon and he told me Mr Kher drop everything for two months and start taking these medicines. I asked what happened. So they said you have facial paralysis. You shut everything down for two months.’
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The doctor said – there is a mess, close everything and go home
Anupam Kher said that for an actor his face means a lot. Even if a pimple comes out, then the actor gets in trouble. When the doctor told me, that day the first scene on the sets of ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’ was where we were all doing the pillow scene, playing antakshari. The doctor had said that you should not do anything for two months, go home and keep taking these medicines. It’s a bad case. I remember that when I asked the assistant for water, he gave me a straw and then I drank the water.
Makers changed this scene for Anupam Kher
According to Anupam Kher, he then thought that if he rested for 2 months now, then he would be afraid for the rest of his life. Then he decided not to take rest and reached the sets of the film. There he gathered everyone and showed how the situation is and said that he is ready to shoot in such a situation only. Then distant shots were taken in that pillow scene of Anupam Kher. No closeup shots were taken. The makers changed the scene and gave a scene with Dharmendra to Anupam Kher, in which he talks as a drunkard.
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