Mumbai: Vicky Kaushal suffered an injury while shooting for an action sequence in his upcoming horror film, according to a statement issued by the actor's team Saturday.

The 30-year-old actor, who was shooting in Gujarat, sustained a fracture in his cheekbone and got 13 stitches. 

As per the statement, the incident took place Thursday where Kaushal was filming an action sequence in a ship on a night shoot of the film being directed by Bhanu Pratap Singh.

"The crew has been shooting in Gujarat since the last five days. During a night shoot on Thursday, when Vicky was filming an action sequence in a ship, he had to run and open the door. 

"Unfortunately, the door fell on him and he was badly hurt," the statement read. He was immediately rushed to a local hospital by the crew

A Mumbai Mirror report claimed the night sequence involved Vicky opening a door and running. The door fell on him and he was injured. “He was rushed to a local hospital by the crew and flown to Mumbai on Friday morning,” the report quoted a source as saying. The tabloid further reported that Vicky will return to Mumbai where he will consult a doctor again.

Vicky recently headlined the box office hit Uri: The Surgical Strike, based on the Indian Army’s 2016 surgical strikes in Pakistan following the attacks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri town. Uri is Vicky’s biggest hit and one of the highest grossers of 2019.

(Inputs from PTI)