Aayush Sharma reveals he had two surgeries after back injury on sets of Ruslaan

Aayush Sharma has been missing in action since Karan Lalit Butani’s 2024 action film Ruslaan. On Wednesday, the actor took to his Instagram handle to reveal the reason. Sharing pictures of him on a hospital bed, he revealed he’s had two surgeries and has been recuperating from a serious back injury he sustained on the sets of his last film. Life has its way of slowing you down to make sure you listen. For the last couple of years, I had been experiencing consistent pain in my back it started while pulling off a stunt during the action scene in Ruslaan — nothing too dramatic, so I did what most of us tend to do… ignored it, masked it, and kept going, he wrote in the caption.

Aayush realized while shooting for his next film, Butani’s military drama Kwatha, that there’s something wrong with his back. Movements that once felt like second nature — dancing, stunts, even the simplest stretches — became restricted. What I thought was temporary turned out to be far more serious. The biggest mistake? Taking the pain lightly and hoping it would heal on its own, he added. Sharing pictures of him doing the ‘victory’ sign on a hospital bed, Aayush revealed that he’s undergone two surgeries and is now on the road to recovery. He also shared a video in which he’s sitting dejected on a hospital bed. When asked how he’s feeling going into the second surgery, he admits hospital has started feeling like his second home and he’s hopeful this would be his last surgery for now.