I'M-PATIENT: Vijay has been advised rest but wants to get back to the sets

He should have been yelling Yahoo on the sets of Junglee. Instead, action hero Vijay is screaming in pain from his hospital bed.

He suffered a nasty fall from a moving lorry while shooting an action sequence and tore a ligament.

The feisty star insists that the pain won't keep him away from the sets for long, though director Soori counsels patience. 

Out of action

The hit team of Duniya Soori and Vijay is keen on creating superb stunt sequences. In fact, Vijay takes great pride in the fact that he performed all the stunts in Duniya without using a duplicate artiste.
 
But his doctors have advised him to take it easy. "He needs a month's rest, otherwise the ligament may not heal properly," warns one of the doctors treating him.

High drama

"Vijay was very keen on doing the stunt himself. He was completely against the idea of using a stuntman in any of the action sequences. In fact, none of us suspected that he was in pain because he gave the shot in one take. It was only later that we discovered the truth," says a visibly shaken Soori.

Vijay's good friend Shubha Poonja reportedly visited the star at the hospital to cheer him up.