/> By now the state of Hrithik's knee is well-known.

From being severely injured to remedied by surgery to being restored to tentative normalcy the condition of Hrithik's knee has been reported with some amount of ambiguity, thanks to the Roshans' own reluctance to give out concrete details on the matter beyond a certain point.

Says one of Hrithik's female colleagues, "But it's a fact that Duggu's knee is a cause for great concern for him and for his entire family. The doctors told him he would never dance again.

After his second son was born Duggu went for surgery to the US and spent nearly two months recovering.He was determined to let it heal properly because Kites requires considerable athletic movement. Hrithik didn't take one wrong step until he left to shoot Kites in the US."

Everything went smoothly until the final week of shooting in Las Vegas where earlier this week, doing a dangerous car stunt Hrithik injured his sensitive knee again.

Says a source, "All hell broke loose and there was panic. Hrithik was in considerable pain and unable to move. And since there was just a few days' shooting left director Anurag Basu wondered what they do."

When contacted Hrithik tells an even more serious tale of injury. "I hurt myself while jumping from a car. It looked really bad. The doctor said my knee would require eight weeks of healing. He said I'd be limping on crutches for at least two weeks."

This would've put Kites and Hrithik's career behind with damaging consequences. In fact papa Rakesh Roshan was adamant that they'd rather wrap up and lose out on the schedule than risk Hrithik's knee further.

But three days after the injury Hrithik had a miraculous recovery. Says Hrithik, "I don't know how it happened. Today is the third day after the accident. And I'm already running on my injured knee. So it's all fine."

That's what the adamant dancing-star says. But the recurring problem with his knee refuses to go away. One hopes time would heal Hrithik completely. But it seems unlikely.