Sakshi
Gulati,
who
makes
her
debut
with
Ram
Gopal
Varma's
Contract,
almost
turned
handicapped
and
lost
her
ability
to
hear,
albeit
for
a
few
hours,
during
the
shooting
of
the
film.
Recalling
the
incident
the
aspiring
actress
said,
"It
was
an
action
scene
that
involved
a
bomb
blast.
I
was
tied
to
a
tree
and
was
leaning
against
it.
Ram
Gopal
was
set
to
roll
the
camera.
But
neither
the
unit
nor
I
was
aware
that
I
was
standing
at
a
wrong
place,
just
a
few
steps
away
from
the
bomb.
The
minute
Varma
yelled
"Action" the
bombed
ripped
off
shaking
me
completely
out
of
gear.
I
was
too
shocked
and
stunned
to
react.
It
was
almost
a
near
death
experience.
Really
scary"
Sakshi
continued,
"The
next
thing
I
know
is
that
I
got
all
glass
splinters
in
my
hair
and
clothes
and
had
suffered
severe
burn
injuries
at
the
back
around
the
shoulder
area.
The
impact
of
the
blast
was
such
that
it
left
me
completely
deaf.
I
could
not
hear
what
Ram
Gopal
Varma
and
the
unit
members
were
trying
to
tell
me.
It
was
only
after
a
gap
of
four
hours
that
I
could
slightly
begin
to
hear.
My
hearing
abilities
were
completely
restored
only
after
seven
long
hours.
Imagine
meri
halat
kya
hoti
thi
had
I
stood
the
other
way
round.
I
dread
to
even
think
about
it."
Story first published: Friday, July 18, 2008, 12:29 [IST]