By:
Subhash
K.
Jha,
IndiaFM
Friday,
February
23,
2007
After
shooting
round-the-clock
for
Ashutosh
Gowariker's
Jodha-Akbar,
flying
back
each
evening
to
rehearse
for
the
Filmfare
awards
and
shooting
for
an
ad
in
Singapore,
Hrithik
is
down
with
a
severe
attack
of
viral
fever.
"I'm
totally
bed-ridden," he
said
from
his
home
on
Wednesday.
"I've
been
working
round-the-clock,
flying
in
from
Karjat
to
rehearse.
Then
I
also
took
off
for
Singapore.
All
the
time
I
had
high
fever
and
was
keeping
it
down
with
paracetemol
tablets.
Today
is
the
first
time
when
I'm
resting.
Post-Saif
all
of
us
really
need
to
take
of
ourselves," whispers
Hrithik
softly.
Lately
Hrithik
has
allowed
himself
to
be
self-indulgent
with
his
food
habits.
"I
was
so
much
into
being
well-toned
for
Dhoom
2,
I
decided
to
give
my
body
a
holiday.
I
splurged
for
a
while.
But
then
I
needed
to
get
back
into
shape.
Therefore
after
shooting,
rehearsing
for
my
Filmfare
performance
,
I
was
also
going
to
the
gym
daily.
On
top
of
all
this,
Ashutosh
Gowariker
hadn't
warned
me
that
we'd
be
doing
sword-fighting
sequences
during
the
last
twenty
days
when
I
was
in
and
out
of
Mumbai
and
Karjat.
All
this
has
taken
its
toll.
I'm
completely
exhausted
and
burning
with
a
fever."
He
brightens
up
while
speaking
about
his
role
as
Akbar.
"I've
enjoyed
playing
everyone
from
Rohit
in
Koi...Mil
Gaya
to
Aryan
in
Dhoom
2.
But
playing
Akbar
is
a
different
challenge
requiring
a
lot
of
researched
attention."
The
Urdu
professor
called
on
location
to
check
the
accent
is
happy.
"He
hasn't
been
complaining.
So
I
guess
I'm
doing
it
right,"
says
Hrithik
who
is
in
no
mood
to
sign
another
film
yet.
"At
the
moment
I
think
a
break
is
seriously
needed
after
Jodha-Akbar.
We
must
learn
to
listen
to
warning
signals
from
the
body."