Archive · 17 Sep 2026
Anu Aggarwal Recalls Injury During Unfinished Dev Anand Film Shoot
Anu Aggarwal was acting in a film with Dev Anand when she slipped and hurt the bottom of her spine.
She said the injury fractured her coccyx.
No one from the production helped her, so a neighbour gave her the name of a doctor.
The doctor said she needed an operation quickly.
Anu recovered and was ready to act again.
However, the film stopped for three months because the production ran out of money.
She then left to attend a planned Dhrupad retreat in France.
She said this marked the beginning of a new part of her life.
Anu Aggarwal fractured her coccyx after slipping onto a car while filming with Dev Anand.
She said no one from the production helped her, while a neighbour directed her to a doctor.
The doctor reportedly told her that immediate surgery was needed to prevent a permanently crooked spine.
Aggarwal recovered and was ready to resume filming, but the production later ran out of money.
She eventually left the unfinished film to pursue a planned Dhrupad retreat and described it as the close of one career chapter.
- Who
- Actress Anu Aggarwal and actor-filmmaker Dev Anand were involved in the film shoot.
- What
- Aggarwal recalled fracturing her coccyx during the unfinished film Return of the Jewel Thief and later leaving the production.
- When
- The injury occurred during filming; the article identifies Return of the Jewel Thief as a 1996 film and says production stopped for three months.
- Where
- The injury occurred on the film set; Aggarwal planned to travel to France for a Dhrupad retreat.
- Why
- She left after the production ran out of money and filming was delayed, while she was also preparing to pursue a Dhrupad retreat.
- Film
- Return of the Jewel Thief
- Director
- Ashok Tyagi
- Injury
- Fractured coccyx after falling onto a car
- Medical treatment
- An operation was reportedly needed immediately
- Production delay
- Filming stopped for three months after the production ran out of money
- Planned retreat
- A Dhrupad retreat in France in June
- Film description
- A 1996 crime-action thriller and sequel to the 1967 film Jewel Thief