Mehndi Fame Faraaz Khan Dies At 50, Weeks After Suffering Multiple Seizures And Pneumonia

Mehndi fame actor Faraaz Khan who was battling for his life in a Bengaluru based hospital after suffering brain infection has died. He was 50.

The late actor’s condition first came to light after actress and filmmaker Pooja Bhatt asked her followers to help raise funds for Faraaz’s treatment. A fundraiser was started by the late actor’s family members Farhad Abousher and Ahmed Shamoon in October to raise Rs. 25 lakhs for the treatment.

Sharing the news of his demise Pooja Bhatt wrote on twitter, “With a heavy heart I break the news that #FaraazKhan has left us for what I believe, is a better place.Gratitude to all for your help & good wishes when he needed it most.Please keep his family in your thoughts & prayers.The void he has left behind will be impossible to fill.”

The details about his condition were shared on the fundraiser. It read, “Faraaz had been suffering from a cough and an infection in his chest for nearly a year. Recently, the coughing had aggravated so due to the prevailing pandemic, he decided to consult the doctor over a video call. Over the video consultation on 8th October 2020, the doctor saw his condition and recommended that he gets himself admitted to a hospital as his cough was quite intense and to prevent any further infection, hospitalization was the best thing to do. So, immediately we called for an ambulance. However what happened after that has shaken us up to the core.”

“Faraaz was admitted to the emergency ward of Vikram hospital where we found out that he suffered three consecutive seizures due to a herpes infection in his brain that had spread from his chest. Besides, while he suffered from these seizures, he swallowed the mucous and saliva of his cough which entered his lungs and caused pneumonia in there. Because of this his blood pressure and heartbeat increased massively and he wasn’t able to breathe. He was put in the ICU care where after a series of complicated procedures and heavy antibiotics he was brought to stability,” it added.

Bollywood star Salman Khan stepped in to bear the cost of Faraz’s treatment after hearing the news.