IMAGE: Film legend Dharmendra throughout his 89th birthday celebrations at his residence in Mumbai, December 8, 2024. {Photograph}: ANI Picture

 

Dharmendra’s daughter Esha Deol on Tuesday mentioned the veteran actor is ‘secure and recovering’, urging the media to cease circulating false information about his well being because the 89-year-old star stays beneath remark at a Mumbai hospital.

‘The media appears to be in over-drive and spreading false information. My father is secure and recovering. We request everybody to present our household privateness. Thanks for the prayers for papa’s speedy restoration,’ Esha wrote on Instagram.

Dharmendra’s spouse, actor-politician Hema Malini, additionally criticised ‘irresponsible’ media protection of the veteran actor’s well being.

‘What is occurring is unforgivable! How can accountable channels unfold false information about an individual who’s responding to remedy and is recovering? That is being extraordinarily disrespectful and irresponsible. Please give due respect to the household and its want for privateness,’ Hema Malini posted on X.

Their statements got here after a number of outstanding figures, together with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and lyricist Javed Akhtar, posted tributes on X, even because the household denied studies of Dharmendra’s loss of life.

Dharmendra has been out and in of south Mumbai’s Breach Sweet Hospital for a number of days.

Hema Malini had, earlier on Monday night time, urged folks to stay calm and pray for his restoration.

‘I thank everybody for his or her concern about Dharamji who’s in hospital for remark. He’s being constantly monitored and we’re all with him. I request you all to hope for his welfare and speedy restoration,’ she posted on X.

A consultant for his son Sunny Deol denied hypothesis that the star had been placed on a ventilator.

‘Mr Dharmendra is secure and beneath remark. Additional feedback and updates can be shared as out there. Kindly do not bask in spreading false rumours concerning his well being. Request everybody to hope for his speedy restoration and respect the household’s proper to privateness,’ the consultant mentioned.

Your entire Deol household, together with Hema Malini, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol, are presently on the hospital. Superstars Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan visited the household, whereas actor Govinda was additionally seen on the hospital.

A detailed member of the family, who doesn’t wish to be named, says film legend Dharmendra is secure and “actually not within the alarm zone”.

“When the media writes all types of speculative studies, even quoting sources from the hospital — who’re these hospital sources, we would wish to know — we as a household get very agitated,” the member of the family instructed Subhash Ok Jha.

“It is a very troublesome time for all of us. We do not wish to give minute-by-minute bulletins on his well being. We simply need the area to have the ability to take care of him with out having the cameras and microphones being thrust in our faces,” says the member of the family.

Relating to the hypothesis on Dharamji being on a ventilator the member of the family says, “No, he’s not on a ventilator. We want the media would cease indulging in alarmist gimmicks to seize headlines. It is a very troublesome time for us. Please depart us alone.”