‘Sohail Khan and Sikander Kher punched each other; I too got involuntarily hit’: Ashmit Patel recalls nightclub brawl

Ashmit Patel, known for his role in Anurag Basu’s 2004 film Murder, recently recalled an incident where he found himself in the middle of a nightclub brawl between Sohail Khan and Sikander Kher, revealing it soured his relationship with the latter. The actor recounted the chaotic scene where punches flew between the two actors and how, in an attempt to break up the fight, he too was accidentally hit. In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Ashmit said, “There was a fight between Sohail Khan and Sikander Kher and I wasn’t even involved in the fight. I was trying to break them off. I tried to take Sikander out of there and I think he still holds a grudge against me. I think he didn’t understand that I was trying to separate him at that time. I actually took him out of the nightclub. He kept on insisting on talking to Sohail bhai. I told him that it’s not the right time and he can talk when everybody is a bit calm.” Sharing how his relationship with Sikander turned sour, he said, “Then Sohail bhai came out and again they punched each other and I, once again, tried to stop them. Sikander at that point pushed me and said, ‘Why are you getting involved?’ I was actually getting hit by both of them because when you are in the middle of a fight you get involuntarily hit. So then I got pissed off. I was trying to protect him and he abused me and hit me. then I may have raised my hand on him. He still holds that against me.” Following Murder, Ashmit appeared in several films that didn’t perform well at the box office, including Fight Club – Members Only, Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamana, Toss and more. Sikander Kher, on the other hand, recently made his Hollywood debut in Dev Patel’s Monkey Man.