Watch: 'Jodhaa Akbar' Actor Attacked In US Gym, Tackles Man Holding Axe

The video shows the attacker, in a blue hoodie, clutching the arm of the actor - the tomahawk in the same hand - shouting out loudly for water.

Indian actor Aman Dhaliwal was held hostage and attacked by a man holding a tomahawk (axe) at a gym in California on Thursday, a video of which has gone viral on social media. Punjabi actor Arman Dhaliwal was critically attacked in America when he was exercising in the Planet Fitness gym. Arman Dhaliwal bravely subdued the attacker. pic.twitter.com/QXQDH3FI4j

The video shows the attacker, in a blue hoodie, clutching the arm of the actor - the tomahawk in the same hand - shouting out loudly for water.

"Please, respect us. Give me water. I need water," he cries out loud.