SRK picked up an injury on the sets of My Name is Khan. He faced many health issues while shooting for this film. The actor had severe migraine at the back of his neck while shooting for MNIK. Shahrukh was never prone to headache he completely ignored it a couple of times, and had pills for the pain. When the pills were not effective at all, SRK decided to see a doctor.
The doctor examined the actor and determined the cause of the headache after seeing the actor’s medical history. The headache and neck pain was caused due to his posture and an expression of Rizwan Khan, which is SRK’s character in My Name is Khan. Rizwan is suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome, he has a habit of hanging his neck in a particular angle, and all his expressions have eyebrows raised in every scene. Since SRK shoots for hours, he got a severe migraine. Now the actor goes to a physiotherapist to get his neck pain cured.
Director Karan Johar says, “I guess that is 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, SRK 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, as SRK had never had this problem before. Those people afflicted with Asperger’s develop certain physical personality traits, something SRK had intensely studied while shooting for My Name is Khan.”
Karan also said that, “In Asperger’s, each trait is uniquely different from the other person. Their way of talking to people, body language, way of holding their heads are different from each other. A high-functional autism where a person leads a completely regular life but has certain traits sets him apart. Like apart from fear of noises and new people and places, Rizwan is also scared of the color yellow and is emotionally disconnected to it.”
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