Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan discharged from Mumbai hospital
The Hindu
Legendary screenwriter Salim Khan, the creative mind behind Bollywood classics like ‘Sholay’ and ‘Deewar’, is back home after a health scare that had fans worried
Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan, who was hospitalised in Mumbai last month after suffering a brain haemorrhage, was discharged on Tuesday (March 17, 2026), sources said.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo, which scripted films such as Sholay, Deewar and Don with Javed Akhtar, was admitted to the ICU of Lilavati Hospital in Bandra on February 17.
A day after his admission, doctors at the hospital said Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage that had been tackled and he was put on ventilator support as a safeguard.
“He has been discharged. The discharge process has been completed, but he is still in the hospital,” a source told PTI on Tuesday.
Salim's children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughters Alvira and Arpita, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, visited him regularly in the hospital. His long-time partner Akhtar had also visited him.
Other than Sholay, Deewar and Don, Khan and Akhtar also penned Trishul, Zanjeer, Seeta Aur Geeta, Haathi Mere Saathi, Yaadon Ki Baarat and Mr India.
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