MUMBAI: Veteran choreographer Saroj Khan, who was admitted to hospital here, is under observation and doing fine, family sources said on Wednesday.
Khan was rushed to Guru Nanak Hospital in Bandra on June 20 after she complained of breathing problems.
A source close to her family told PTI that the 71-year-old choreographer is doing better and will be discharged soon.
“She is under observation but is doing fine. She is much better. She shall be discharged soon,” the source said.
Following her hospitalisation, a mandatory COVID-19 test was done on Khan, which turned out to be negative.
Meanwhile, filmmaker Anubhav Sinha took to Twitter to assure the people that there is “nothing to worry” as the veteran choreographer is doing well.
“Just spoke to people looking after Saroj Ji. She is in fact in hospital. But doing well. Should be out in a day or two. Nothing to worry. Was there for regular treatment. Felt weak, got admitted. Tested Covidy too. Negative,” he posted.
Filmmaker Kunal Kohli tweeted that he spoke to Khan’s son, Raju, who assured him that the choreographer is recuperating.
“She was taken to the hospital as she felt breathless. No COVID. She’s better now. He (Raju) thanks everyone for their prayers and wishes. We hope and pray our beloved Masterji is home soon,” he wrote.
In a career spanning over four decades, Khan is credited with choreographing more than 2,000 songs.
The three-time National Award winner has choreographed for some of the most memorable tracks, including “Dola Re Dola” from Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Devdas”, “Ek Do Teen” from Madhuri Dixit-starrer “Tezaab” and “Ye Ishq Haaye” from “Jab We Met” in 2007.
She last choreographed for “Tabaah Hogaye”, featuring Madhuri from filmmaker Karan Johar’s production “Kalank” in 2019. (AGENCIES)
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SPO-CRI-SHAKIB (CORRECTED)
Regret casual attitude that led to my ban: Shakib
NEW DELHI, June 24:
Star Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan deeply regrets his “silly mistake” of not reporting a corrupt approach by an Indian bookie to the ICC, leading to his one year suspension from the game.
Shakib was banned for two years, one year of it suspended, for failing to report corrupt approaches during an IPL edition by an alleged Indian bookie named Deepak Aggarwal.
“I took the approaches too casually When I met the anti-corruption guy and told them and they knew everything. Gave them all the evidence and they knew everything that happened,” Shakib told Harsha Bhogle on ‘Cricbuzz in Conversation’.
“To be honest, that’s the only reason I was banned for a year, otherwise I’d have been banned for five or 10 years,” he added on the ICC’s investigation.
The 33-year-old, who was in brilliant form before the ban, amassing 606 runs in the 2019 World Cup in the UK, said he regrets how he went about the situation.
“But I think that was a silly mistake I made. Because with my experience and the amount of international matches I’ve played and the amount of ICC’s anti-corruption code of conduct classes I took, I shouldn’t have made that decision, to be honest.”
Lesson learnt, Shakib’s advice to all young criceters is to never take any such message lightly.
“I regret that. No one should take such messages or calls (from bookies) lightly or leave it away. We must inform the ICC ACSU guy to be on the safe side and that’s the lesson I learnt, and I think I learnt a big lesson,” he added.
The all-rounder, whose ban ends on October 29, said he became a bit arrogant and never felt he was doing anything wrong by not reporting the bookie’s approach immediately.
“Because you do most things right in your life, you tend to get arrogant with some decisions. You may not realise but you’re doing wrong by the books. It never came to my mind that I am doing something wrong
“It was just a feeling of ‘okay, what’s going to happen, leave it’ and I continued with my life. But that’s the mistake I made. And that happens,” Shakib said. (AGENCIES)
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