New Delhi: Pahlaj Nihalani, former Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), not too long ago opened up on his horror story of getting hospitalised due to acute food poisoning to an leisure portal.
The movie producer revealed that he had been hospitalised for 28 days and after vomiting blood following a meal ordered from a restaurant.
He instructed Bollywood Hungama, “Around a month ago I was at home alone. Even my wife was away. When suddenly one evening some members of the unit for a film that we made during the pandemic, dropped in. It was late. And I had to order for them from outside. My food was cooked at home. I never eat outside. But there wasn’t enough for everyone. So we ordered food. Chicken is the only non-vegetarian item I eat, so they urged me to join them. Out of politeness I agreed. The minute I bit into the chicken I knew something was wrong. But the others assured me it was okay. So we ate. They left. After a while I felt uneasy and vomited. I felt okay after that. So I just tried to sleep. At around 3 am I vomited a whole lot of blood. That’s when I panicked and called my son. Luckily he stays in the same building.”
He additional revealed that he stayed within the hospital for 28 days, nonetheless, could not be round his household as nobody was allowed to go to him due to the pandemic.
Pahlaj known as the expertise like being rescued from the ‘jaws of dying’. He stated, “Within hours all my tests were done. I was lucky. Anyone with a less caring family and less attentive medical team would have died. I’ve been pulled out of the jaws of death.”
Considering how critical his situation was, Nihalani has determined to sue the eatery for his or her negligence. “It could have been the last meal of my life. Everyone who ate that night was ill. But I was hit the hardest. I urge everyone to have only home-cooked meals in these hard times,” he added.
Pahlaj Nihalani was the President of the Association of Pictures and TV Programme Producers for 29 years and resigned from the publish in 2009. He stepped up for the publish of the chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on 19 January 2015 however was changed by Prasoon Joshi in 2017.
