I could have bled to death: Kamal Haasan

It’s been a long, involuntary lay-off  for Kamal Haasan, who had a nasty fall last month. The accident has put him under the radar for almost three months!

Says the house-bound actor, “My foot is healing. The pain is considerably reduced. So yes, I am better and back at home. I will be receiving visitors from Monday. As doctors were worried about that infection after surgery, I had a curfew. Now the stitches are off I can meet friends.”

The shooting for his new comedy Sabaash Naidu remains suspended as of now — and Kamal is noticeably aggrieved about the fact; workaholic that he is.

I won’t be returning to shoot  Sabaash Naidu any time soon. Now I am walking with support, but I need to lose the crutches soon, and later walk without an obvious limp. I guess I will need  two months to recover fully,” Kamal reveals.

It can now be revealed that the accident which broke the actor’s leg  could have been fatal. “I fell a good 18 feet from my favourite corner of my office, which I had been using to brood and ruminate for many years. The floor simply collapsed under me, and just caved in!” he reminisces.

“It was so silly — like Mr. Bachchan  burning his hand severely with a firecracker during Diwal. After surviving myasthenia gravis (a neuro-muscular disease) and a near-fatal injury during the shooting of Coolie, Mr Bachchan was incapacitated by a cracker (in 1983) that left him with a hand injury for months,” Kamal muses.

But, the Thoongavanam actor considers himself lucky — “It could have been much worse. After the fall, I was bleeding profusely. I could have bled to death. Luckily for me there was someone else in the office with me at the time that it happened.”