Veteran Bollywood actor Shabana Azmi is still in intense critical unit (ICU) after a horrific car accident on Saturday. According to doctors, she has suffered a head injury, and there is slight damage to the backbone.
Her husband, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar, who was travelling with her, escaped with a minor injury. The lyricist tells Bollywood Hungama, "She is in the ICU but all the scan reports are positive. It seems there’s no serious harm done."
The actor was injured in a road accident on Saturday when her car hit the rear of a moving truck on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.
Azmi was rushed to the hospital with several bruises. A lot of people from the industry has visited the veteran actress in the hospital and reportedly she is recovering well.
Azmi and Akhtar celebrated the latter's 75th birthday on Friday, a party which was attended by the whole Bollywood fraternity. On Saturday the two were driving to Pune when the accident occurred.