Fatima Sana Shaikh, who made her breakout debut alongside Aamir Khan in the blockbuster film Dangal, has often spoken openly about living with the neurological condition Epilepsy. In a recent conversation with Soha Ali Khan, the actress recalled experiencing seizures during the film’s shoot and how the team rushed to understand and manage the sudden medical emergency.

Fatima Sana Shaikh on getting seizures during Dangal

During a podcast with Soha Ali Khan, she recalled, “It came, and I was like, ‘Nahi, nahi, kuchh nahi, ho jaayega’. And then badhta gaya, badhta gaya. Jo bhi mere aas-paas tha, maine bola mujhe seizure aane waala hai. Kisi ko pata hi nahi kya hai. Mujhe bhi nahi pata kya hai. And luckily Aamir (Khan) tha aur Sanya Malhotra thi, Kripa Shankar Bishnoi jo humein train kar rahe the, woh the… and fatafat Google kiya, unko answers mile, un logon ne side pe rakha, jo bhi hua. And then eventually, I think as a production house, they took it upon themselves to figure out what this is because a lot was riding on me, the whole film.”