COVID 19 has laid out hardships for not just the common man but for the celebrities too. Many have left the profession and returned to their home towns and many are in debt trying to survive for one day at a time. As we know that shoots are still now working on their full capacity and a major part of the crew and cast is still on hold, we know for sure that there struggles which we are not even revealed.
But this industry is prone to rumors to. Many a times we have heard death hoax and it is very common to hear the news of someone in financial distress. That is what actor Rajesh Khattar experienced when he recently tested positive for COVID-19 and was later hospitalized. While he was recovering from it, there were constant rumors of him going bankrupt. Ever since these have been doing the rounds, Khattar has been upset with the same and opened up on it in an interview with ETimes TV. He said, “I have been fending calls from friends who have been asking me whether I have hit a rough patch financially. Initially, I was amused by these reports, but they soon started affecting me.”
Some of this was aides by actor Vandana Sanjani Khattar and his wife talking about them having exhausting their savings in the past couple of years due to hospitalization and lockdown saga.
About it, he said, “It’s not that I haven’t suffered a financial setback, but hasn’t that happened with almost everyone because of the slowing down of work during the pandemic? Right from Vandana’s pregnancy to now, we have been doing the rounds of hospitals for the past two-and-a-half years. In fact, she was in the hospital even during the lockdown owing to postpartum depression.”
He added, “It was a statement made by Vandana taking into account the kind of money we have spent on medical and hospital bills in recent times. A few hours later, her statement was blown out of proportion and it went viral. People said that I was broke. Mere paas khaane ke paise nahi hain. Soon, I started getting messages from my relatives and others offering to help! Things went out of hand in no time.”
On the television front, Khattar last played a key role in Bepanah Pyaarr.