On Thursday evening, a section of the media started floating the news that veteran actor
Naseeruddin Shah has been hospitalised. Soon, fans of the actor took over social media expressing their concern about his health. However, 'The Wednesday' actor's son
Vivaan shah took to his
Twitter and rubbished all the rumours.
Even, Naseeruddin took to his
Facebook account to thank his fans and wrote, "I thank all those enquiring after my health and reassure them I am fine. I'm at home and observing the
lockdown
. Please don't believe any rumours."
Check out his post:
Also, his family has confirmed to IANS that Shah is fine and healthy, and is in his residence in the city. "He's absolutely fine, and is observing lockdown with my aunt Ratna in Mumbai, it is fake news," confirmied
Saira Shah
Halim, niece of the actor said.
According to Saira, her father Lieutenant General Zameer Uddin Shah, had spoken to the veteran actor a short while ago, and was assured that Naseeruddin Shah is hale and healthy.
Meanwhile, the three-time National Award-winning actor Naseeruddin Shah is utilising a substantial part of his lockdown hours catching up on the plays of William Shakespeare.
Shah has two sons, Vivaan and Imaad, both actors. He was last seen in 2017 film, 'The Hungry' directed by Bornali Chatterjee, was a modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Titus Andronicus'.