Daijiworld Media Network

Mumbai, Sep 1: With the immense success of ‘Bodyguard’ at the box office, Salman Khan has more reasons to be happy about.

Salman had to miss the release of the movie as he had to fly to US for a surgery of a painful facial nerve condition medically referred to as Trigeminal Neuralgia. The surgery has been successful and Bollywood’s macho man is now advised by doctors to take complete rest for the next half month or so.

Souces said, “The surgery was done last night and lasted for five hours. It will take at least fifteen days for the actor to resume work and he is advised complete rest till then. Fresh tests will be conducted further to check the progress of recovery.”

The actor is expected to go to South Africa to shoot for ‘Ek Tha Tiger’.

The Dabangg actor has been suffering from the pain in his jaw since 2007 while shooting for 'Partner'. It got worse last year following which he decided to undergo a surgery.