Naseeruddin Shah discharged from hospital; son Vivaan Shah shares pics

Veteran Actor Naseeruddin Shah has been discharged from Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital on Wednesday. The veteran actor was being treated for pneumonia. Vivaan Shah shared pictures of the 70-year-old and his wife, actress Ratna Pathak Shah, from their home and wrote, “Back Home” and “He just got discharged today morning.”

You can check out the pictures shared by Vivaan below:

In the pictures, Naseeruddin Shah can be seen sporting an orange tee and white pyjamas while Ratna Pathak Shah sporting a green traditional outfit. Naseeruddin was admitted to Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital last week after a “small patch” of pneumonia was detected in his lungs.

The Ijaazat actor was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday last week. Later Ratna Pathak Shah had shared an update about his health and told PTI, “Yes (he has a) small patch and all under control. (He is) Responding well to treatment so hope he’ll be discharged soon.”

Naseeruddin Shah was last seen in the 2020 drama Mee Raqsam and before that in the acclaimed Amazon Prime Video’s web-series Bandish Bandits. Apart from films, the actor had also been quite active in theatre. He has been honoured with Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. Shah is known for his contribution towards parallel cinema by working in critically-acclaimed films such as Maqbool, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, Masoom, Nishant, Sarfarosh, Iqbal, A Wednesday and Monsoon Wedding. He has also worked in several international films such as Such A Long Journey, The Great New Wonderful and Mango Dreams.

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