/> Neil Nitin Mukesh's hand injury in New Zealand may require surgery. It has been made worse by his insistence on continuing to shoot even after the finger was broken.Resultantly the little finger in Neil's left hand is fractured in three places.

The doctors have advised, no commanded, him to rest the hand in a cast for 5 weeks. But Neil insists on going to the gym to do cardio exercizes while his anxious parents hope he doesn't make his injury worse.

Says Neil, "I'm not a reckless person.But one has to be professional, and weigh the pros and cons.

When a heap of things fell on my hand during an action sequence that Allan Amin was directing in New Zealand—and I insisted on doing my own stunts—I knew my finger was hurt. It had gone numb.

But to cancel shooting would have meant immense losses for Abbas-Mustan.I couldn't bear that. So I bore the pain instead."

In addition an ad for product that Neil endorses was also shot with the fractured finger.All of this has taken its toll on the injury.

Says the young actor, "If it doesn't heal properly I'd have to go for surgery.At the moment I'm enjoying wearing a skin-coloured cast. Most people can't even tell I am injured except for the fact that the affected finger is swollen five times over."

Being one of the Players has not be an easy role for Neil Nitin Mukesh.But he enjoyed every bit of the shooting in New Zealand. "I had a ball with the gang. Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol and Sonam Kapoor were so chilled out. Abbas-Mustan are such organized directors.We shot double-quick, no time wasted."

After the injury Neil was looked after by his colleagues. "The unit is so organized, I didn't have the heart to leave the shooting incomplete. To synchronize the stars' dates would've been impossible."

Neil is looking forward to the release of Saat Khoon Maaf. "I play really bad guy in the film. He is mean possessive and chauvinistic. Nothing like me. I never stifled my girlfriend Priyanka with my extra-possessiveness.

Maybe I should have. Maybe then she wouldn't have left and I wouldn't be staring at a lonely Valentines Day with a broken finger for company.