Javed Akhtar: “Shabana Will Be Out Of ICU Today”

A  stream  visitors  from the  film fraternity who visited   Shabana Azmi at  the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital had to return  without  meeting the injured actress.

Explains  her husband  poet-writer-thinker  Javed Akhtar, “She is  in  the ICU and she’s not allowed  visitors. But she should be out  of  the  ICU  by Tuesday .She is responding very well to the  treatment. Providentially,  there were  no internal  injuries .But her face is  badly bruised.”

When I  draw attention to  the  insensitivity displayed by a  section  of the  media in  publishing pictures of Shabana  after  the accident Javed Saab  corrects me , “It’s not the  media. They  were passersby taking pictures  of  her.”

On a  more positive  note the nation, and that  includes  the  PM Narendra Modiji, has been praying for Shabana’s quick recovery.

“I am thankful to everyone who has stood by us during this  sudden setback. Shabana is strong.She has fought her way  out of  the injury,” says  Javed Saab, ever-proud of his better-half.