‘Fake news’ says Amitabh Bachchan on reports of his ill health

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Want to be Amitabh Bachchan’s neighbour? Here’s your chance to buy 3,000-sqft property near Jalsa In a video, circulating on social media, Bachchan is seen exiting the stadium when someone from the crowd asks him about his health. The actor is initially seen gesturing with his hands that everything is fine. The person then asked him, "How are you? All fine? to which Bachchan said, “Fake news." The reports started in the afternoon with some saying he had gone to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital for a routine check.

Others said he was hospitalised for an angioplasty -- a balloon procedure to open up blocked arteries and blood vessels -- to remove a blockage in his leg. And there were some who reported he had an angioplasty for a blocked artery. However, there was no confirmation from either the hospital or his office for much of the day.

And though the reports could not be independently verified, #Amitabh Bachchan and #Kokilaben Hospital were top trends on X. Also Read: Amitabh Bachchan hospitalised, Big B undergoes angioplasty in leg at Mumbai's Kokilaben Hospital: Report Among those who wrote were Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam. “Praying for Amitabh Bachchan’s speedy recovery.

#AmitabhBachchan," he posted on X. Scores of others wrote wishing him to get well soon and that they were praying for his good health. Amitabh Bachchan was last seen in a cameo appearance in Tiger Shroff’s “Ganapath".