Subhash K Jha

Laugh's like that! Just when Aftab Shivdasani was getting ready to get seriously funny on screen life decided to play a funny trick on him.

On location for Subhash Ghai's production of Shaadi Se Pehle, Aftab had a nasty run-in with a rather moody horse.

And now Aftab needs to undergo remedial surgery. "Believe me, I wasn't horsing around. I was just doing my job as best as I could. Suddenly the horse baulked. I tore a muscle in my lower stomach. I guess a torn muscle is a bit serious. The doctors say I've a hernia. So I've to get operated. I'm in pain . But I'll have to continue shooting. Or the the schedule will suffer. One of the hazards of this profession."

Horses and stars have never been best of friends. Many years ago the handsome actor Surendra fell of a horse and died. And Christopher Reeve never survived his nasty fall from a horse.

Interestingly the word Shaadi had never been auspicious for our films. Sure, David Dhawan's Mujhse Shaadi Karogi was a hit. But what about Krishnan-Panju's Shadi, L.V.Prasad's Shaadi Ke Baad, Rajat Rakshit's Meri Biwi Ki Shaadi and most recently Shaadi No.1 ? They have all been disastrous.