• Filmmaker Hansal Mehta on Monday opened up about a car tragedy that nearly took his life 30 years ago.
• Mehta tweeted, “Nearly 30 years ago, I was a boy in my early 20s. I had a near-fatal accident in Fiji Islands.”
• Revealing how the accident changed his life, he said, “I’ve stopped speeding ever since.”

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta on Monday opened up about a car tragedy that nearly took his life 30 years ago.

Following the devastating news of Cyrus Mistry, the former chairman of Tata Sons, dying in a car accident, Hansal posted on Twitter to tell his survivor’s story. The director wrote about the time his car ran off the road in the Fiji Islands when reflecting on the incident from his 20s that “should have ended my life.”

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Mehta tweeted, “Nearly 30 years ago, I was a boy in my early 20s. I had a near-fatal accident in Fiji Islands. My car went off the road and dropped from a high. The car was finished. I was speeding. I was wearing a seat belt. I escaped an accident that would have surely ended my life.”

I’ve stopped speeding ever since. I’ve always wear a seat belt – even if I’m on the rear seat. I get paranoid if people on the back seat don’t wear their seat belts too. Always better to be safe than sorry. There is NO bravado in speeding. Life is meant for braver things.

— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) September 5, 2022

Revealing how the accident changed his life, he said, “I’ve stopped speeding ever since. I’ve always worn a seat belt- even if I’m on the rear seat. I get paranoid if people on the back seat don’t wear their seat belts too. Always better to be safe than sorry. There is No bravado in speeding. Life is meant for braver things.”

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Business magnate Mistry and his friend Jahangir Pandole died in a car accident when their fast car slammed into a divider on a bridge over the Surya river on the Mumbai–Ahmedabad National Highway in the neighbouring Palghar district. Darius Pandole and his doctor wife Anahita Pandole, who were co-passengers, suffered significant injuries in the collision. They are receiving therapy right now.