Commander Karan Saxena: Gurmeet Choudhary talks about his shoulder injury - 'I took painkillers and...' | Exclusive

Gurmeet Choudhary plays a RAW agent in Commander Karan Saxena. Speaking with OTTplay, the actor opened up about shooting action scenes despite his shoulder injury.

Gurmeet Choudhary as Commander Karan Saxena.

Gurmeet Choudhary unleashed his massy avatar for his OTT series, Commander Karan Saxena. The actor is seen as RAW agent Karan Saxena in the show, which premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on July 8, 2024. During the show's promotional spree, OTTplay exclusively interviewed Gurmeet. In our conversation, the actor opened up about performing action sequences for Jatin Wagle's series despite his shoulder injury.

Gurmeet Choudhary opens up about his injury

In OTTplay's interview, Gurmeet Choudhary recalled the very first sequence of Commander Karan Saxena. The actor said, "Well, it is said that jab aap kuch accha karne jaate ho toh buri nazar lag jaati hain. When I was shooting for the first sequence, there was an injury in my right shoulder. There was no rest as I was also shooting for something else too."

Choudhary added that this OTT show was his dream project as he got an opportunity to attempt action. However, both his shoulders were injured in the majority of the show's action scenes. The actor revealed that he is still unable to lift his hands properly after a certain limit.

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"I have to go to physio and take painkillers. I used to take painkillers and go on set. I was scared that if I opened up about my shoulder injury, my action scenes would be reduced. I felt sir (Jatin Wagle) might reduce the number of shots. He used to take care of me a lot so that I didn't get hurt," he stated while adding that he didn't wish to compromise on anything.

Highlighting a specific sequence from the series, Gurmeet revealed, "One introductory scene that you see in the first episode where I am bare-bodied, before that, I visited a doctor in the morning. Later I took painkillers in my van so thoda bhi dard na ho and I can pull off the scene."

Soon after taking painkillers, Gurmeet went on set and performed the action sequence while nobody got to know about his injury.

Gurmeet Choudhary's work front

Meanwhile, on the work front, Gurmeet Choudhary transitioned from television to films and now he is exploring the web space.

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