‘I did some of my best films with metal screws and plates in my leg’
Last week, when actor Randeep Hooda was hospitalised, it worried his fans and well wishers. To everyone’s relief, he tested negative for Covid-19 but was admitted in the hospital for a leg surgery. Expressing “gratitude” to all the good wishes he received, the actor shares that he is recovering well.
“My leg is healing, there are no post operative complications. I’ll be able to move around properly in a week’s time,” he says.
Revealing more about his condition, the actor, who is an equestrian sportsman, continues, “Dr Chetan Unadkat has been taking care of me for long because I keep hurting myself. This right leg injury is 12 years old. I fell from my horse in 2008 while playing a game of polo. It had to be operated on, and plates and screws were put to fix the damage.”
The actor was supposed to get the plates and screws removed after a year, but he says he either “didn’t have the time or the money to get it done”. “These plates and screws have been the longest relationship of my life, it is sad that it has come to an end. I think the best films in my career happened when they were with me, and now, I don’t know if I will be the same actor again,” he jokes.
Ready to “get back to shoot” Hooda will start work for debut director Balwinder Singh Janjua’s Hindi project also starring Ileana D’cruz, in October. “We had finished 60-70% of the shoot before lockdown. I’m hoping things get better and the film industry gets back on track,” he says.