'Committed' Eijaz Khan shoots for Punar Vivah despite being severely ill

Commitment of actors towards their work is something that needs to be applauded from time to time. And talented actor Eijaz Khan displayed his professionalism attitude yesterday (9 August 2013) as he shot for a high-voltage sequence for Shashi Sumeet Productions Pvt. Ltd’s Punar Vivah - Ek Nayi Umeed for Zee TV, even though being seriously ill. Sources from the set inform us that Eijaz has been feeling under the weather, and was admitted to hospital owing to high fever. The actor was on IV fluids when he was required for an important sequence wherein Raaj (Karan V Grover) and Vikrant, essayed by Eijaz have a face-to-face conversation for the first time. Eijaz immediately agreed to shoot and requested his doctors to give him some energy boosters that will keep him on his toes for 3-4 hours on the set. The pale and weak looking Eijaz went on the set, shot the sequence at one-go with Karan, is what we hear. When contacted, Karan was all praise for his co-actor’s commitment for work and said, “Hats off to Eijaz for pulling off the scene. He was very sick, with high fever with tests of malaria being done on him. He not only agreed to shoot the sequence as it was very important and was meant to be aired the very same day, but he also helped us out in finishing the sequence and completing the episode. I don’t think many actors could have carried it out the way Eijaz managed.” The heavy-duty sequence was the one where Raaj goes to Vikrant’s mansion for the first time to see if Sarita (Srishty Rode) can fit well into Vikrant’s family. Eijaz, kudos to your sincerity… We wish you a speedy recovery.