Salman Khan Assures Veergati Co-Star Pooja Dadwal Suffering From TB Will Be Okay, Proves He Has a Heart of Gold!
Pooja Dadwal admitted to Mumbai’s hospital for a serious case of tuberculosis (TB) had made an appeal to Salman Khan to help in her tough times and Bhaijaan has assured everyone his former co-actor will be okay!
It is almost impossible Bollywood’s superstar Salman Khan would turn down a needy co-star’s call for help. The 52-year-old might take time to reach out, but the man will not show his back to an emotional appeal. Salman Khan again proved why he is Hindi cinema’s perennial ‘Good Samaritan’ by reaching out to Pooja Dadwal, a co-star from his early days in cinema. The two had shared screen in 1995 film Veergati. Pooja who did not make it big in films recently been news due to miserably sufferings, both health-wise and financially. Pooja Dadwal admitted to Mumbai’s hospital for a serious case of tuberculosis (TB) had made an appeal to Salman Khan to help in her tough times and Bhaijaan has assured everyone his former co-actor will be okay!
Ever since the news of Pooja surfaced, both mainstream and digital media has been curious to know what Salman Khan has to say and importantly done to help the former actress. During the recently held press conference for Da-Bangg The Tour in Pune, when a journalist posed the Race 3 actor about Pooja Dadwal’s ailing health condition, Salman confirmed that his team has reached out to Pooja and that she is going to be okay. The actor said, "We are trying to help as much as we can. So, I think Aunty (Helen Aunty) was already onto it and taken care of it. In fact, I didn't know that she was going through this difficult phase in her life but, umm, yeah, I think she will be okay." Pooja Dadwal, From Being Salman Khan's Co-Star to Living Penniless Days! List of Indian Actors Who Were Forgotten and Lived in Poverty.
Salman admitted to being unaware of Pooja’s difficult phase of life. The 52-year-old actress was reportedly left by her family members including husband to fend for herself after they came to know about her serious condition. While Pooja had shared screen space with Salman Khan, the former starlet was paired opposite Salman’s brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri in Veergati. Salman was quoted saying, "She is not my co-star but Atul’s co-star. It’s very sad… I didn’t know about this. But our team has got in touch with her. She will be okay."
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Pooja in leading publication had said, “I learned 6 months ago that I had something as serious as TB. I tried to contact Salman Khan for help, but nothing has been done so far. If he looks at my video, then maybe he will try to offer some help. I have been admitted to this hospital for the last 15 days. I have been doing casino management in Goa for the last several years. I have no money at all, I depend on others for even a cup of tea.”
Before Salman Khan, Bhojpuri actor and politician Ravi Kishan had reached out for Pooja Dadwal’s aid after seeing her woeful condition. The regional superstar had sent his acquaintance with money and fruits to give to Pooja who is admitted in Sewri hospital in Mumbai and getting treatment for serious TB and lung infection. With Salman Khan also personally assuring the actress to be okay, we can only hope Pooja’s testing times are over.
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