‘Luckily Aamir Khan aur Sanya Malhotra…’: Fatima Sana Shaikh on getting seizures during Dangal, epilepsy diagnosis
Bollywood actor Fatima Sana Shaikh, who got her first big break with Dangal (2016), has time and again opened up about her battle with epilepsy to help raise awareness of the neurological condition. A few months ago, Fatima’s Gustaakh Ishq co-star Vijay Varma also revealed that she suffered an epileptic seizure on set and how the team took care of her, thanks to all the instructions given by Fatima in advance. Well, in a new chat with Soha Ali Khan on her podcast All About Her, Fatima remembered the first time she suffered from a seizure, being diagnosed with epilepsy during the shoot of Dangal, and how medication affected her during the filming. Fatima Sana Shaikh, Aamir Khan and Sanya Malhotra During the podcast, Fatima Sana Shaikh shared, “I was training. And usse pehele ek do baar aaya tha bachpan mein but…” Neurologist Dr Jayanti Mani, who was also a guest on the podcast, chimed in to explain that seizures, or episodes, can look different each time, so much so that most times people don’t …
