Saturday, September 27, 2025

How many celebrities faced life and death situations during the shooting of a film and finally recovered?

 Some of the celebrities who were injured seriously and some of them who faced life and death situations during film shooting were:

Sunil Dutt:

While shooting the film Mother India in 1960 a fire broke out on the set and the actress Nargis was in full danger. At that time Sunil Dutt saved Nargis and he was seriously burnt.

Amithab Bachchan:

He had gone through life threatening injuries on the sets of Coolie in 1982

Sanjay Khan :

This was one of the biggest accidents happened on the sets of the Sword of Tipu Sultan in 1989 in Mysore, killing 62 people when a fire erupted massively. Sanjay Khan, the actor and filmmaker got seriously injured and was hospitalized. He battled with his life for a year with multiple surgeries.

Hrithik Roshan:

He had undergone brain surgery after he suffered a head injury while shooting for the film Bang Bang.

Vivek Oberoi:

During the shooting of Mani Rathnam's Yuva in 2004. Oberoi got injured when his bike skid on a bridge. His leg got fractured and had a death threatening blood clot. Later it was brought under control.

Aishwarya Rai:

Rai's left foot got fractured when she was hit by a speeding jeep on the sets of Khakee in 2004, the jeep had to stop just away from her but she was thrown into the bushes and was hurt seriously, deep bruises that required 10 stitches. At that spot Akshay Kumar took special care of her. She was in Denim Shirt and jacket that protected her very much.

Kangana Raunat:

She got injured at the time of shooting of Manikarnika in a sword fighting sequence with co star Nihar Pandya and the sword hit deeply and cut her forehead. The actress was rushed to the ICU and had to get 15 stitches on her forehead.

Katrina Kaif:

During the shooting of ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhaniya’ , when a gun barrel hit her and her nose starting to ooze blood profusely.

John Abraham:

In 2013, while shooting for the film Shoot out at Wadala, Anil Kapoor fired a blank bullet at John from 4.9 feet away instead of the previously planned 15 feet and he got hurt in his neck.

There may be many more minor injuries or also major accidents, we have referred major unfortunate incidents among them. Especially in Hollywood there are many examples of such incidents. It is worth to note that the public or fans easily see only colour life of these celebrities but may or may not be aware of risk involved or the sufferings they have to face in the filmy procedure.