Abhishek Bachchan said ‘I will put a bullet in your leg', shot hairdresser Aalim Hakim with prop gun: ‘Couldn't walk for 10 days'

Indian Express

04-06-2025

Celebrity hairdresser Aalim Hakim recalled a story about being shot with a prop gun while working on a film in Canada. He said that he was hired as a hairdresser, but found himself working as an assistant director when the real ones fell ill. The film was Dus, starring Abhishek Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt. In an interview, Aalim recalled that Abhishek jokingly told him that he'd shoot him in the leg if he messes up in any way, and actually ended up shooting him while fooling around with a prop gun.
In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Aalim said, 'I was doing everyone's hair on the film Dus in Canada. For some reason, all of Anubhav Sinha's assistants fell ill. They roped me in as a replacement. Abhishek Bachchan became an assistant, and I became Abhishek Bachchan's assistant. I did the job for five days. I would do their hair as well, and also maintain continuity between shots. Abhishek said, 'Aalim, agar tune baal banate banate continuity miss ki, I'll put a bullet in your leg'. He had one of those prop guns.'
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Aalim said that he messed up, and Abhishek jokingly began firing the prop gun in his direction, but at the ground. One of the prop bullets hit him. 'How it hurt… I couldn't walk for 10 days. After the incident, the other actors told Abhishek, 'Because of your jokes, we don't have anyone to do our hair also now'. AB is a big prankster, Suniel Shetty and Ajay Devgn are also big pranksters,' Aalim said.
In the same interview, Aalim said that his family's relationship with the Bachchans goes back five decades. The last person that his late father worked on was Amitabh Bachchan; he suffered a cardiac arrest while cutting the superstar's hair. Aalim's father had also tonsured Abhishek's head when Abhishek was a baby. Aalim said that he charges Rs 1 lakh per-sitting, and that he makes no exceptions when contracted professionally.