Have the leaked pics with Ranbir made Mahira Khan unwell? DTNpg1

After the pictures with Ranbir Kapoor came out last week, Mahira Khan has been under intense pressure. She has been trolled on social media for smoking and wearing revealing clothes and today, all that has led to her falling unwell. Apparently the actress was not only a bit depressed about the negative reactions against her but also suffered a bout of high fever. Now she is recovering and expected to join the unit of Mira Sethi's film Saat Din, in Karachi by this week.

Says a source, "Mahira has faced severe criticism for her pictures with Ranbir Kapoor, on social media, much more than Ranbir, because she is a woman. Some feel the pictures were leaked out deliberately by a Bollywood celeb. While her close friends like celebrity makeup artist Adnan Ansari and director Mira Sethi, who is directing her in Saat Din, have supported her, buzz is Mahira has been quite depressed since the pics came out.

Mahira was to begin shooting for the second schedule of Sethi's film with Karachi Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui but because she was unwell, she couldn't turn up for the shoot. A fact confirmed by Sethi on social media on September 24, when a fan asked her about Mahira's shoot and if she's all right. The director replied, "Mahira's not on set, but thanks for asking. We're all rooting for her.

Adnan Ansari, who is very close to Mahira and had clicked a picture with Ranbir Kapoor at the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Award red carpet in March this year, post the Ranbir-Mahira controversy last week, had posted on Instagram, "She (Mahira) is the kindest, strongest person I know. Everybody who knows her respects and loves her. Stop judging, one picture vs her whole career. Mahira is okay, as I just read the news that she is suffering from fever.

When we reached out to Adnan on Facebook Messenger and asked him if Mahira was unwell he said, "Yes thanks good. But he didn't wish to discuss anything further.

Things haven't been too good on Mahira's work front too as her next release Verna, directed by her Bol director - Shoaib Mansoor - has been delayed. It was to release on Eid ul Fitr as was earlier announced, but buzz is that the film's plotline, a one-liner was leaked by a local newsweekly in Pakistan. It had apparently made Mansoor very upset who is considering re-shooting some scenes. Verna is about Mahira Khan's character, someone who has been sexually assaulted but who seeks justice against her assaulters.

The source adds, "People have been speculating whether she wished Ranbir on his birthday (September 28) but while one doesn't know whether they spoke to each other (the actor brought in his birthday on Thursday by throwing a grand bash at his Bandra residence) fact is, she has been too unwell, so it's seems highly unlikely.