Khatre Mein Khiladi: Akki badly hurts his eardrum

Akshay Kumar injured himself while shooting for Sajid Khan's Housefull in Madh Island. The actor, who is known to have done even more daring stunts and yet not get hurt, wasn't as lucky this time.

The scene required him to jump into the deep end of a swimming pool. His timing, unfortunately, messed up and water entered his ears. He came out of the pool immediately but the water had already reached his ear drums.

The injury didn't bother him at first but he complained of ear ache at 4 am. Akshay was then taken to a hospital immediately and a specialist checked him. He was advised rest for a day at either the hospital or at home and Akshay chose to stay at home.

A chopper has been hired to take him to the sets of his film Khatta Meetha at Baramati as he wasn't feeling to well. Sajid Khan confirmed the news but stated that there was nothing to worry about now.

He tells, "When you get into seven-feet-deep water, you have to close your nose and go into the water. Akshay dove in too quickly without doing so, and the water rushed into his eardrums and the pressure affected his right eardrum.

He's a thorough professional! I have seen him in extreme pain or shivering from fever but he doesn't utter a word but continues shooting. In Italy, while shooting for Housefull, we had to shoot in a hotel on the edge of a cliff, which had eight floors.

While foreign stuntsmen would think twice and use cables and other things to move from the balcony of one floor we would see a cool-as-a-cucumber Akshay jumping with only cables to different balconies. I have never seen any actor perform as scary stunts as him. I used to get scared but now I have stopped. He knows what he's doing and enjoys performing high-voltage stunts."