The
doctor
diagnosed
the
cause
of
the
headaches
after
going
through
the
actor's
medical
history.
The
pain
in
the
neck
and
the
headaches
were
caused
by
the
expressions
and
posture
of
Rizwan
Khan,
SRK's
character
in
MNIK.
Rizwan,
who
has
Asperger's
Syndrome,
has
a
way
of
jutting
his
neck
out
at
a
particular
angle
and
wears
an
expression
which
has
his
eyebrows
raised
in
every
scene.
As
he
would
shoot
for
hours,
he'd
get
severe
migraines.
Today,
he's
been
seeing
a
physiotherapist
to
get
rid
of
the
pain
in
his
neck.
Director
Karan
Johar
admits,
"I
guess
that's
one
of
the
hazards
when
you
play
your
role
so
intensely.
Shahrukh's
character
Rizwan
had
to
arch
his
eyebrows
and
focus
his
eyes
on
a
certain
place
before
every
take.
Halfway
through
the
shooting
of
the
film,
Shah
Rukh
developed
severe
headaches
as
result
of
all
the
pressure
it
would
put
on
his
head
so
he
had
to
see
a
neurosurgeon
for
that.
We
were
worried...
Shahrukh
has
never
had
this
problem
before"
Karan
goes
on
to
say
that
those
afflicted
with
Asperger's
develop
certain
physical
personality
traits,
something
SRK
had
intensely
studied
while
shooting
for
MNIK.
"In
Asperger's,
each
trait
is
uniquely
different
from
each
person.
Their
way
of
talking
to
people,
body
language,
way
of
holding
their
heads
--
are
different
from
one
another.
It's
a
high-functional
autism
where
a
person
leads
a
completely
regular
life
but
has
certain
traits
that
sets
him
apart.
Like
apart
from
fear
of
noises
and
new
people
and
places,
Rizwan
is
also
scared
of
the
colour
yellow
and
is
emotionally
disconnected
to
it."