‘No
matter
how
many
security
personnel
are
around
you,
you
are
still
an
open
target.’
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Hrithik
Roshan/Instagram
Rakesh
Roshan
recently
went
down
memory
lane
to
share
a
terrifying
experience
from
his
past,
shortly
after
the
release
of
his
2000
blockbuster,
Kaho
Na…
Pyaar
Hai.
He
was
shot
at
by
assailants,
an
incident
that
left
his
family
shaken.
Soon
after
the
attack,
he
was
assigned
armed
security
guards
for
protection.
But
instead
of
feeling
safe,
Rakesh
Roshan
was
constantly
scared
that
the
guards
may
‘harm’
him
and
accidentally
shoot
him.
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
Amrish
Puri
with
Rakesh
Rohan
on
the
sets
of
Koyla
Photograph:
Rediff
Archives
‘No
matter
how
many
security
personnel
are
around
you,
you
are
still
an
open
target.
If
someone
wants
to
harm
you,
security
personnel
won’t
be
able
to
do
anything,’
Rakesh
Roshan
says.
‘After
this
incident,
I
was
assigned
two
armed
security
guards.
I
would
sit
in
the
front
seat
of
the
car
while
they
sat
in
the
back.
That
made
me
even
more
scared.
‘Woh
do
peeche
baithe
hain
bandook
ke
saath.
Kabhi
kuch
ho
jaye
woh
peeche
se
na
mujhe
maar
de
(Those
two
are
sitting
behind
me
with
a
gun.
In
case
something
happens,
I
hoped
they
would
not
kill
me),’
he
added.
Hrithik
Roshan
and
Rakesh
Roshan
on
the
sets.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Netflix
India/Instagram
Rakesh
Roshan
also
mentioned
that
the
constant
security
made
him
feel
‘claustrophobic’.
‘When
I
would
go
for
a
walk
on
the
beach,
those
two
security
guards
would
be
with
me.
I
was
like,
‘What
is
happening?’
So
I
requested
them
to
take
away
my
security
cover.
I
am
okay
just
as
I
am.
We
will
see
what
happens.’
Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff.com
