By God`s grace I am alive..” says Aastha Chaudary

by Vidhya Krishnan

Aug 13, 2008, Mumbai

Aastha Chaudhary, the lead in Babul Ka Aangan Chootey Na..is down with the dreaded malaria and recuperating in a hospital to the worry and anxiety of her unit members, family and her fans. The doctor's prognosis says, "It is a serious bout!" One of our source informed us that the shooting of Sapna Babul Ka Aangan…has been completely disrupted because of this but however for the time being they have a bank of episodes in store.

We caught up with Aastha to find out about her condition and she spoke to us from the hospital in a feeble whisper, "It is true that I am sick and have been hospitalized. It just started with fever and became serious from there on. I was running 106 temperature and then followed the endless blood tests and reports, which confirmed my worst fear. I had a severe strain of Malaria and that has led to brain fever.

I am a little better now but I have been advised complete rest for a couple of days and post that my work would also be on a slower pace…not more than two hours a day. The shooting as such is not been disrupted and they are managing with duplicates. I have fallen ill previously but this time the condition has been worse. My condition worsened because I chose to neglect my health and kept pushing the limits. The last month has been really bad and my schedules have been erratic. I can't afford to take any stress and I don't know how I am alive...it is only because of God's grace.

I know I am supposed to be on total R & R, but I am itching to go back to my shooting.

Hope she does get well soon... Our sincere wishes and prayers from Tellywatch!!