"The pain has gone down a bit. But I can feel the stiffness yet. Will have to take care before action starts again," he wrote.

Neil was in Masai Mara and Nairobi for the shooting of "Shortcut Romeo", a romantic thriller being directed and produced by Susi Ganeshan. It is a Hindi remake of Ganeshan's 2006 Tamil film "Thiruttu Payale" and also feature Ameesha Patel and Puja Gupta.

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The action sequences, designed by Selva, have been tough on Neil. He even shot in jungles, and the crew had to crawl at one point. "I had a hundred thorns in my hand. Just wonder how the animals don't get pricked," he had written then. Neil was last seen in "Players".