India, July 13 -- Aayush Sharma startled his fans last month as he updated on Instagram that he had undergone two back surgeries consecutively, and has been in recovery since. Sharing how it all happened, he says, "I was taking my body's messages lightly for a long time. I was constantly under training and I was misunderstanding it as muscle soreness. That was just the body saying that, 'stop, give it a break'. I was in the middle of a shoot when it got aggravated. That's when I saw the doctor and suddenly I was told that there is an issue in the back and my L4 and L5 is giving me trouble."

While the surgery did take its toll, Aayush Sharma also sees the silver lining in it: "In a very positive hindsight, it gave me a great amount of tim...