'Jannat' Director Waiting To Return From Quake-Hit Nepal
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Bollywood
director
Kunal
Deshmukh,
who
was
in
Kathmandu
when
the
devastating
earthquake
hit
the
Himalayan
nation,
is
still
stuck
there
and
waiting
at
the
airport
to
return
to
Mumbai.
In
a
text
message,
Deshmukh's
friend
and
former
Balaji
Telefilms
CEO
Tanuj
Garg
said,
"He
(Deshmukh)
is
stuck
at
the
Kathmandu
airport
right
now
and
figuring
a
way
of
returning.
He
is
hoping
to
return
ASAP."
Garg
then
also
took
to
micro-blogging
site
Twitter
to
share
the
news.
The
post
stated,
"@kunal_deshmukh
is
still
stuck
at
the
KTM
airport,
figuring
a
way
back
home:
note
to
media.
#NepalEarthquake".
On
Sunday,
actor
Emraan
Hashmi
also
updated
the
location
of
the
director
and
shared
some
images
sent
to
him
by
Deshmukh
from
the
Tribhuvan
International
Airport.
"Jst
got
a
pic
from
kunal
deshmukh.
He
is
at
the
airport
trying
to
board
the
IAF
flight
out
of
kathmandu
this
evening," he
wrote.
A
7.9-magnitude
earthquake,
which
rattled
Nepal
on
Saturday,
has
left
at
least
3,218
people
dead
and
around
6,500
injured.
The
tremors
were
felt
across
India
as
well
leaving
the
people
panic
stricken.