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MUMBAI: Bollywood star Bipasha Basu got a tear in the
knee while rehearsing her dance steps in Bangkok, but the actress says it's no
big deal. She even brought her physiotherapist to the sets in Mumbai so that she
didn't have to inconvenience anyone with her problem.
"I didn't even know it was a tear. There was a lot of pain in Bangkok and I
didn't know what it was. I thought it was a problem related to my flat feet. But
after I returned to Mumbai and finished with John's (Abraham) brother's wedding
reception I got an MRI done. It showed a tear.
"It's a very common occurrence in the legs of active people like dancers and
athletes. That tear just stays. There's no cure for it. If you lead a routine
life it doesn't bother you at all. Otherwise there's arthroscopy. But my
orthopaedic surgeons have not advised it. I can walk, work out, dance, do
everything."
In Mumbai, she brought her physiotherapist to the sets.
"I didn't want to inconvenience anyone during the shooting. So as a
precautionary measure I kept a therapist around because during a dance movement
there was some swelling. None of the dance steps changed. Dancing is a routine
activity so the therapist was just a precautionary measure."
Bipasha said injuries were just part of her job and that the biggest actor had
suffered some time or the other.
"It's part of our job. It's no big deal. You just have to understand your body
and be careful. Four years back I ran with the wrong shoes. It caused a knee
problem. I immediately corrected that. I believe in long-term health and when I
work out I listen to my body. If any part of my body gives me any pain I stop
immediately. And no trainer can push me," she quipped.
The actress was seen pushing co-star Saif Ali Khan off a building in Race and
now she pushes Neil Nitin Mukesh off the ninth floor in Bangkok for a sequence
in forthcoming film Freeze. So has she become an expert in pushing people off
skyscrapers?
"Race was a hit. And if Freeze turns out a success they'll think my pushing
heroes off buildings is lucky for a film. Everyone will start writing in a
'heroine-pushes-hero' scene into all my scripts. I'm becoming a hero-pusher,"
she chuckled.
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