By: Entertainment DeskNew Delhi | Updated: September 26, 2025 09:41 AM IST 3 min readSaif Ali Khan opened up about his attack in a new interview. (Photo: Express Archives)Earlier this year, actor Saif Ali Khan woke up to the staff of his house screaming in the middle of the night as an intruder had found his way into their apartment. A scuffle ensued, and Saif jumped into action, trying to protect his children – Taimur (8) and Jeh (4). But he got stabbed in the back. It was later said that narrowly escaped becoming paralysed. In a recent interview, the actor looked back on the home invasion, and recalled what went through his mind during this near-death experience.In a chat with Esquire India, Saif shared, “There’s this crazy sense of how lucky one is because [the knife attack] was damn close. And to walk away relatively unscathed is nothing short of miraculous.” Saif shared that as he lay on the floor, wounded, his life flashed before his eyes. Saif’s wife, actor Kareena Kapoor, was in the house at the time of the attack, and he was fighting off the intruder who had entered the house via his younger son Jeh’s bedroom.“It could have been the adrenaline but I remember thinking life has been colourful and I’ve been privileged to be in many places… not just in terms of money—so many people have much more money—but when I think of that rarefied atmosphere of Winchester, of all my travels with loved ones, the wine, my wife, my children…” he said. Saif was also asked about the qualities he would like his children to have, he said, “Calmness, patience, discipline, balance.” He added, “You have to work quite hard for everything to be in its right place.”ALSO READ | The Ba***ds of Bollywood: Aryan Khan’s debut show lacks a ‘lakshya’In January, an intruder entered Saif’s home after midnight. The intruder was spotted by the nanny as he was reaching for Jeh’s bed, and she immediately screamed for help. As Saif reached the bedroom, the intruder attacked him and the nanny, who both got injured. A piece of his weapon got stuck in Saif’s back and after the attacker escaped from the premises, Saif went to the hospital in an auto rickshaw, where he had to go through emergency surgery. He has recovered now.Click here to follow Screen Digital on YouTube and stay updated with the latest from the world of cinema.© IE Online Media Services Pvt LtdTags:Kareena Kapoor KhanSaif Ali Khan