Hrithik Roshan Relies On Crutches Post Muscle Pull, Slams 'Men Are Strong' Conditioning: 'Stupidity...'

Hrithik Roshan, one of fittest actors in Bollywood, is known for his body transformations for films. Recently, for Siddharth Anand’s Fighter, he had to change his appearance three times. First, to see if he still had the ability to do it before filming started, then, during filming and lastly, after a break in between the shoot, he had to quickly get back in shape. The actor, who follows a strict diet and rigorous workout regime, took to social media on Wednesday to talk about how true strength is about accepting help when needed and being okay with vulnerability. He wrote a anecdote about his grandfather who refused a wheelchair at the airport to maintain his image of strength. It made Hrithik sad to see him hide his fear. With a long caption, he posted a photo of himself on crutches. He revealed that he pulled a muscle.

The post read, “Good afternoon. How many of you out there ever needed to be on crutches or a wheelchair n how did that make you feel? I remember my grandfather refusing to sit on a wheelchair at the airport because it wouldn’t align with his own mental image of himself as “strong”. I remember saying “But Deda, its just an injury and nothing to do with how old you are! It will help heal the injury n not damage it further!” It made me so sad to see how strong he needed to be just to hide the fear n embarrassment on the inside. I couldn’t make sense of it. Made me feel helpless. I argued that the age factor is not applicable cause he needs the wheelchair for an injury and not his old age. He refused n kept the strong image on display for strangers (who literally didn’t care). It worsened his pain and delayed the healing. There definitely is merit in that kind of conditioning, its a virtue. It’s the mentality of a soldier. My dad comes from the same conditioning. MEN are strong.”

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He wrote that if one suggests that soldiers should never use crutches, even when they need them for medical reasons, just to appear strong, he thinks it’s rather foolish. “But if you say soldiers never need crutches And even when they medically do, they must refuse, just for the sake of keeping the illusion of strong intact, Then I just think that the virtue has been stretched so far that it borders on plain stupidity. I believe true strength is being relaxed, composed and fully aware that nothing, not crutches, not a wheelchair, not any inability or vulnerability – and certainly not any sitting position can lessen or alter the image of that GIANT that you are on the inside. Strength is not always being Rambo against all odds with a machine gun saying “fuck em!”

That’s applicable sure . Sometimes. And it’s the kind we all aspire for. Even me.

But the more coveted one is strength when there is no one to fight on the outside. It’s that quiet fight on the inside between you and the “image” of you. If you come out of that one feeling like wanting to do a slow dance by yourself , then you’re my hero,” he added.

He concluded by writing that he is recuperating from a muscle pull. He wrote, “Anyways, pulled a muscle yesterday woke up wanting to reach out about this notion of strength. This is ofcourse a bigger conversation , the crutches is just a metaphor. If you get it, you get it.”