Exclusive: Bollywood Cinematographer Nadeem Khan In Critical Condition At Lilavati Hospital
Bollywood's veteran cinematographer Nadeem Khan was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai on May 5 after he fell down from the stairs and suffered injuries to the head, chest and shoulder.
Veteran
cinematographer
Nadeem
Khan
was
admitted
to
the
Lilavati
Hospital
in
Mumbai
on
May
5.
It
is
learnt
that
Nadeem
Khan
slipped
on
the
staircase
and
fractured
his
collar-bone
and
reportedly
also
has
suffered
chest
and
brain
injury.
He
has
been
kept
in
the
intensive
care
unit
(ICU)
of
the
hospital
and
his
condition
is
said
to
be
critical.
According
to
reports,
Nadeem
Khan
has
undergone
brain
surgery.
Not
many
know
that
Nadeem
Khan
is
the
husband
of
renowned
singer
Parvati
Khan
and
the
son
of
late
Bollywood
lyricist
Rahi
Masoom
Raza.
Nadeem
Khan
has
43
films
to
his
credit
as
cinematographer
in
Bollywood,
including
Disco
Dancer,
King
Uncle,
Ilzaam,
Aag
Hi
Aag,
Awaargi,
Deewana
Mujh
Sa
Nahin,
Jurm,
Sheen,
and
Gang,
among
others.
He
has
also
directed
a
film,
Tirchhi
Topiwale
that
starred
Inder
Kumar,
Monica
Bedi
and
Chunky
Pandey.
Nadeem
Khan
also
serves
as
Head
of
the
Department,
Cinematography
at
the
Zee
Institute
of
Media
Arts
(ZIMA)
in
Mumbai.
Nadeem
Khan
began
his
career
as
the
cinematographer
of
filmmaker
Vidhu
Vinod
Chopra's
diploma
film
at
the
Film
and
Television
Institute
of
India
(FTII),
Pune,
titled
Murder
At
Monkey
Hill.
He
made
his
professional
debut
with
Muzaffar
Ali's
film
Gaman
starring
Smita
Patil,
Farooque
Shaikh
and
Jala
Agha.
Nadeem
Khan's
friends
and
colleagues
have
been
posting
on
social
media
about
his
admission
to
the
hospital.
Parvati
Khan
told
PTI,
""He
has
been
admitted
to
the
hospital,
he
is
in
the
ICU.
He
has
undergone
brain
surgery.
The
next
48
hours
are
critical.
We
are
praying
and
hoping
he
will
be
fine."