Actor Randeep Hooda injured his hand while shooting for his first-ever romantic film "Ru-ba-ru" in Bangkok.

Hooda hurt his hand Monday when his hand hit broken glass while enacting a love scene with his co-star Shanana Goswami.

"Isn't that ironical? So far, I've done only tough action films like 'D' and 'Risk', which required risky shots. I never got a scratch doing those action scenes. I never thought love could be so dangerous. Now I know why they say love hurts ... ha ha," Randeep told IANS from Bangkok.

The actor got 13 stitches for the deep injury on his right palm and it brought the shooting to a standstill Tuesday.

"But I intend to return to shooting soon. The only hitch is I can't be shown doing too many hand activities. At the same time this is a romantic film. I can't be shown romancing my heroine with one hand. So we'll shoot scenes showing me drive a car, etc."

Incidentally, Randeep's right hand has always been prone to injury.

"In fact, during the shooting of my first film 'Monsoon Wedding', I broke my right hand. That broken hand became part of the cast... pun intended. We can't do the same in 'Ru-ba-aru'. But we'll work our way around the injury."

But Randeep sent his mother back to India despite the injury.

"She was getting restless. Bangkok isn't the right place for a 60-year-old Haryanvi lady. Now my childhood friend, Sandeep from Australia, has joined me."

--- IANS