His retina, cornea and lens of his left eye was pierced, and the Omkara actor thought he had lost his vision.
Now, two months later, Deepak is on the way to recovery.
"It was a freak accident," Deepak says. "I was wearing riding glasses and my co-star’s hand accidently hit my eye. The glasses pierced my eye. At that time, I didn’t know how bad the damage was. But looking at the expression and hearing the cries of my director and co-star, I thought I was doomed."
In agonizing pain and bleeding profusely, the actor was rushed to a hospital in Jaipur where he was told he would probably never see in one eye.
Deepak’s thoughts immediately went to his wife Lara and his two-year old son Golu. “I wasn’t thinking of myself but I was thinking of how my wife would react when she saw me like this," he says. "I was also worried about how this accident would impact my career.”
Thanks to the Jaipur doctor, Dr Abhishek Kothari who performed the emergency surgeries, today Deepak can see with his damaged eye.
“I am just happy to be alive. God is great,” he signs off.