Actor Saif Ali Khan has been in the news for quite some time now, following his recent brush with a life-threatening incident. The actor sustained multiple injuries following the knife attack and attempted robbery at this house. After getting proper medical attention, the actor was discharged and recently returned to his residence. However, do you know this isn’t the first time that Saif has braved severe wounds?
Around 24 years ago, back in 2000, Saif had a very deadly accident on the set of ‘Kya Kehna’. It was so severe that he had to get more than 100 stitches. It was a motorcycle stunt, for which he practiced every day. He even got a perfect shot, but in an attempt to impress his co-star Preity, he tried it again and that is when it all went downhill.
“I rehearsed the motorcycle jump on Juhu beach on a ramp every day. We went to Khandala to shoot this sequence and it was raining, it was muddy. It wasn’t the same kind of ground,” recalled Saif Ali Khan on ‘Koffee With Karan Season 1.’
“I thought, ‘Let me try and impress her (Preity Zinta).’ The first time was okay, but I wanted to do it another time with josh. The bike skidded before I hit the ramp and I went flying,” he added.
The actor tumbled 30 times after hitting a rock in the field. It was all messy and bloody after that.
“There was one rock in the middle of this field and I tumbled over about 30 times very quickly and then smack! I hit it. I felt some wetness, there was lots of blood, I was hurt. We went to the hospital and I would’ve looked like Frankenstein once they stitched me up. Preity said we can arrange a plastic surgeon and organise everything,” shared the actor calling it ‘the worst accident’ of his life.
He was then accompanied by Preity Zinta to the hospital. “I am the only girl who knows what’s inside Saif’s head. It was just him and me in the end. His wife (Amrita Singh) was not in town. His friend was rude on the phone as he thought it was a joke. The director got very ill and had to leave. I was asked to sign the medical form. I got paranoid as Saif had a big bump on his head and was looking like an alien. He was also a bit delirious. I kept thinking, ‘What if he dies?” the actress shared.
Fortunately, despite the grave injuries, Saif recovered well.