Akshay
Kumar's
chronic
back
problem,
which
immobilized
him
on
Tuesday,
has
a
strange
and
bizarre
connection
with
Farah
Khan.
Farah
who's
just
directed
Akshay
in
Tees
Maar
Khan,
earlier
directed
Shahrukh
Khan
who
also
suffered
from
a
chronic
back
problem
that
has
put
him
out
of
action
more
than
once.
And
Farah,
to
carry
the
queer
coincidence
forward,
is
often
called
the
true
inheritor
of
Manmohan
Desai's
legacy.
Desai,
it
must
be
remembered,
suffered
from
an
acute
back
problem.
Akshay
Kumar's
scheduled
25-day
promotional
tour
for
his
new
film
Tees
Maar
Khan
came
to
a
grinding
halt
on
Tuesday
when
his
chronic
back
problem
suddenly
resurfaced.
While
wife
Twinkle
rushed
Akshay
to
the
doctors
on
Tuesday
afternoon,
Akshay's
co-star
Katrina
Kaif
had
to
leave
for
the
Dubai
lap
of
the
film's
promotion
all
alone.
Apparently,
Akshay
was
insistent
that
he
join
Katrina
for
her
trip
to
Dubai.
But
Twinkle
put
her
husband
under
house-arrest,
as
this
was
not
an
isolated
back
pain.
Akshay
first
suffered
a
back
problem
while
doing
a
stunt
sequence
in
Khiladiyon
Ka
Khiladi
in
1996.
It
confined
him
to
bed
rest
for
almost
three
months.
Again
last
year,
while
shooting
for
Sajid
Khan's
Housefull,
Akshay's
back
trouble
recurred.
He
was
advised
surgery.
But
Akshay
opted
for
water
therapy.
It
took
him
to
Germany
and
he
came
back
apparently
fully
cured.
Says
a
source
close
to
Akshay,
"It
was
the
rigorous
travel
by
plane
and
cars
for
the
promotion
of
his
new
film
that
caused
Akshay's
back
problem
again."
While
the
whirlwind
tour
of
Dubai
had
to
be
cancelled
(Katrina
had
to
brave
Dubai's
excited
crowds
all
alone)
Akshay
insisted
he
would
leave
for
the
London
lap
of
his
promotional
tours
on
Tuesday
night.
Twinkle
confirmed
on
Tuesday
evening
that
Akshay
was
better.
"He
will
be
ok.
He
will
leave
tonight
for
London
to
promote
Tees
Maar
Khan,"
said
Twinkle.