‘Sunny Deol was dragged the bike, Amrish Puri’s eyes were damaged’, director recalls accident during Jaal shoot: ‘His eyes were covered in bandages’ | Bollywood News

Sunny Deol has performed many action scenes in his four-decade-long career at the movies and in a recent interview, director Guddu Dhanoa, who has worked with Sunny in films like Ziddi, Salaakhen, Jaal, recalled an incident where a stunt went wrong. Dhanoa shared that this happened during the filming of Jaal in 2003 where a bike stunt went wrong and injured Sunny and veteran actor Amrish Puri. He shared that Amrish was so badly injured that he almost lost his eye.
In a recent interview with Friday Talkies, Guddu recalled what went wrong during the stunt and said, “We were shooting a motorcycle sequence in Manali. To shoot such scenes, we often fix a machine in the motorcycle so that the actor can focus on his dialogues and doesn’t have to ride the bike. During the scene, the motorcycle went down. Due to this, Amrish ji fell on ground, while Sunny was dragged the bike for some dance.”
He added, “I rushed to Sunny and asked him if he was alright. He said, ‘I am okay. Please go check on Amrish ji.’ I went to Amrish sir and saw him lying on the ground. His eyes were completely damaged.” The filmmaker, who shared a great bond with the veteran actor, rushed him to an army hospital in Manali.
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Guddu shared, “I had formed a relationship with Amrish ji as he guided me since my first film as a director. We were more like father-son. I didn’t have the courage to go see him after that accident. His eyes had bandages over it. When I went to him, I held his hands. And as soon as I held his hands, he recognised me and said, ‘Guddu, everything will be alright.’”
Guddu, however, expressed disappointment that despite all that effort and risk, the film failed to work at the box office.