Sooraj Barjatya’s classic Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, which turned 30 on August 5, is loved for its heartwarming story and memorable songs, including the famous antakshari scene. But here’s a surprising tidbit: Anupam Kher, who played the beloved ‘Samdhi ji’, revealed he had facial paralysis during that shoot. Despite his face being twisted on one side, he kept going. Kher shared this on Aap Ki Adalat, saying he realised something was wrong when Anil Kapoor and Sunita Kapoor pointed out he wasn’t blinking with one eye.
“Ek din main apne dost, Anil Kapoor ke ghar pe khana kha raha tha tabhi unski wife Sunita ne kaha Anupam, tum ek aankh se blink nahin ka rahe. I thought I may have been tired,” he recalled.
What followed was a scary realisation: one side of Kher’s face was paralyzed. The next morning, while brushing his teeth, he noticed water leaking from his mouth. Anupam Kher quickly went to Yash Chopra, explaining how his face was shifting to one side. The filmmaker told him to see a doctor, who advised him to stop everything and rest at home.“He told me to take the medicines as I was in very bad shape,” recalled the actor.
At first, Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan thought Kher’s unusual expressions were just part of a comic scene. But Kher soon revealed that his left side was paralysed and he was still ready to shoot. “For a long time, Madhuri and Salman thought I was enacting a comic scene. After a while, I gathered everyone I told them that my left face was paralysed but I was willing to shoot. If you look at the scene closely, you’ll notice that there was close-up shot and they changed the sequence and gave me Dharmendra’s Sholay sequence where I had to recreate his iconic drunk scene and call out “Mausi ji” with a twisted face. If you have to test how strong you are, you have to face everything that scares you,” he recalled.
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