Film actor Sanjay Khan rose to fame in the 60s and 70s with several remarkable films like Dosti, Das Lakh, Ek Phool Do Mali, Intaqam, Mela, Upasana, and Nagin. After his successful film career, Sanjay Khan transitioned to television in the late 80s and achieved success with the historical series The Sword of Tipu Sultan. However, during the shooting in 1989, a terrible fire broke out on set, resulting in the death of over 40 people. Sanjay Khan himself was burned on 65% of his body. Despite this, a miracle saved Sanjay Khan. He was treated at Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai. Lehren had a special conversation with Sanjay Khan after his discharge from the hospital, where he shared his experience of the incident. Let’s hear what the actor and his wife, Zarine Khan, had to say about the courage of their family and friends after the incident in Lehren's latest podcast. #sanjaykhan #zarinekhan #tipusultan #lehren
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00:00I am alive today because of my wife Zareen Khan.
00:05I walked into that room and I saw him and he put both his hands up, burnt hands up and he says,
00:11Baby, I am going to beat this.
00:13After this accident, a lot of atrocities were committed against my wife.
00:21On 12th June, when you were discharged from Jaisalmer Hospital for the first time,
00:29a press conference was arranged.
00:32We heard that Dr. Butch organized that press conference.
00:36You had no knowledge about this.
00:39No.
00:40So, can we assume that Dr. Butch did this for his publicity?
00:44I don't know who did this for his publicity.
00:48And when he said that this was happening, we said,
00:52Okay, let him do it.
00:54What is the problem in that?
00:56And we had doctors and we were not in such good health.
01:00So, one thing struck us.
01:03When we were in the audience hall, in the wheelchair,
01:08at that time, Dr. Lillay got up and said,
01:11This function has been kept on the request of Mr. and Mrs. Sanjay Khan.
01:17At that time, I felt very bad.
01:20It was not like that.
01:22We had never asked for it.
01:24We had never asked for it.
01:26We had never asked for it.
01:28However, Dr. Butch always said that
01:31I will send you from here with a bang.
01:34You will have a sword in your hand.
01:36You are sitting on the elephant of Tipu Sultan.
01:40You will leave from here in the same way.
01:43You are welcome.
01:46But I did not know that such a big press conference
01:51and audio-visual presentation had been done.
01:57Although the presentation was good,
02:00but it is not true that it was done by us.
02:03Although I had told my wife that
02:05Zareen, when we leave from here,
02:07we will give a statement to the press that we have left.
02:11And I do not want to meet anyone
02:13because I am not feeling well.
02:15And at that time,
02:17we were sitting in the wheelchair
02:19after taking 3-4 tranquilizers.
02:21The function was going on for 2-3 hours.
02:25I was sweating profusely.
02:27I was very weak.
02:29I want to ask you
02:31what was your family's reaction
02:33to this incident?
02:35What was your contribution?
02:37Your brother, your children?
02:39I am here today because of my wife, Zareen Khan.
02:44Because of her strength,
02:48her courage,
02:50and her capacity.
02:56If I had seen fear in her eyes,
02:59she was a woman who used to cry,
03:01that my husband is dead.
03:04I would not be alive.
03:06She used to look at me,
03:08her smile,
03:10and I used to feel
03:12as if nothing had happened.
03:14And I think that
03:16she is such a good actress
03:18that
03:20I have asked her many times
03:22to tell me
03:24what had happened.
03:26Did anyone die?
03:28God forbid.
03:30And she used to smile and say
03:32that nothing had happened.
03:34I swear on her.
03:36I don't know
03:38if she had decided
03:40to tell me or not.
03:42The doctor had told me
03:44not to tell her.
03:46And her acting
03:48at that time,
03:50and the way I used to see her
03:52in her eyes,
03:54and the way she used to
03:56talk to me,
03:58the power,
04:00the source of energy,
04:02I used to get it from her.
04:04She used to give me good training.
04:06The kids used to lie like their mother.
04:08They used to say that nothing had happened.
04:10Everything is fine.
04:12Everything is fine.
04:14Later I came to know all this
04:16and I was very sad.
04:18Mr. Khan, when you came home
04:20from the hospital,
04:22after so long,
04:24what were your feelings?
04:26How did you feel?
04:28I felt that
04:30all the servants of my house,
04:32my family,
04:34even the leaves,
04:36flowers, trees,
04:38were calling out to me.
04:40They were calling out
04:42my name.
04:44And my
04:46dogs,
04:48I like them a lot.
04:50And when I entered,
04:52two men
04:54picked me up
04:56from the car.
04:58I had no strength in my legs.
05:00And when I used to look at the stairs
05:02of our bedrooms,
05:04I used to feel like a mountain in the Himalayas.
05:08And I didn't want anyone
05:10to pick me up in anger.
05:12I wanted to walk
05:14one day.
05:16And I did.
05:18And a woman
05:20is a very big personality
05:22in a person's life,
05:24in a man's life.
05:26If a woman
05:28has strength,
05:30has courage,
05:32then no one
05:34can harm
05:36that family,
05:38that house.
05:40A man is alive
05:42and safe
05:44because of a woman's
05:46strength and energy.
05:48If a woman
05:50is weak,
05:52then a man can fall,
05:54break, and die.
05:56Mrs. Khan, what was
05:58your reaction when you came to know about this
06:00tragedy, when you saw first time
06:02Mr. Khan after the tragedy
06:04and during his treatment
06:06and after he came home?
06:08What was your feelings?
06:10Well, the first time that
06:12I came to realize what had
06:14happened, there was a shock.
06:16And
06:18I couldn't believe that this has really
06:20happened to me.
06:22My handsome husband,
06:24this is what's happened.
06:26But at the same time, I also
06:28realized that my husband has
06:30been a fighter all along.
06:32And my cousin-in-law
06:34had told me that
06:36before I came, the first thing he told
06:38him was, before my wife
06:40comes, clean me up.
06:42When I walked into that room
06:44and I saw him,
06:46and he put both his hands up, burnt hands up
06:48and he says, baby, I'm going to
06:50beat this.
06:52Those words I shall never forget.
06:54And even though the
06:56doctors gave him 10%
06:58and 15% and I saw him
07:00lying there so helpless,
07:02an inner courage seeped
07:04through me at that time and I said
07:06this man will not
07:08let us down. He will fight back.
07:10And with
07:12this feeling within me
07:14up to now,
07:16I have come,
07:18we have both come a very long way
07:20with everybody
07:22pressurizing, odds at
07:24every stage. But they say
07:26if God is with you, nobody
07:28can destroy us.
07:30And he has proved this.
07:34After this accident,
07:38there were many
07:40atrocities on my wife.
07:44People started claiming
07:46false claims and
07:48asking for money,
07:50asking for favours,
07:52asking for this and that.
07:54It was like a strange
07:56carnival.
07:58And this,
08:00I just came to know.
08:02And when I see
08:04the pressure we had to go through
08:06and
08:08there is a saying in English,
08:10grace under pressure.
08:12So he showed a lot of grace under pressure.
08:14That's why
08:16I had told about him that
08:18a woman
08:20is a very big personality.
08:22If she has
08:24strength and courage,
08:26then she can
08:28make her family fly.
08:32Mrs. Khan, when Mr. Khan
08:34came back from the hospital, what was
08:36your reaction?
08:38You know, I can't
08:40express. All I can say,
08:42I was overjoyed.
08:44Emotional.
08:46The first thing when he walked in,
08:48we both looked at each other and
08:50we became emotional.
08:52And now when I see him
08:54every day and I see him
08:56progressing,
08:58there is such a deep sense
09:00of satisfaction and so much of
09:02happiness that it's very
09:04hard for anybody to really understand.
09:06And when I see him,
09:08along with it, it's a very strong
09:10bond and each day as I see him
09:12growing and becoming better,
09:16I can't explain. All I can say, it's just
09:18happiness.
09:20Okay. Thank you very much.
09:22Thanks a lot.