Bollywood
actress
Deepika
Padukone's
father
and
legendary
badminton
player
Prakash
Padukone
was
admitted
to
the
hospital
after
testing
positive
for
COVID-19.
However,
it
seems
that
he
has
made
a
good
recovery
from
the
virus
as
he
was
discharged
from
the
hospital
recently
after
a
week
of
treatment.
Prakash
was
admitted
to
the
Bengaluru
hospital
on
May
1,
2021,
after
his
fever
was
not
decreasing.
Deepika
along
with
her
mother
Ujjala
Padukone
and
sister
Anisha
Padukone
had
also
tested
positive
for
the
virus.
However,
the
Om
Shanti
Om
actress
did
not
announce
the
same
on
her
social
media
handle
and
has
reportedly
recovered
along
with
her
family
members
from
the
virus
during
her
home
quarantine.
According
to
a
news
report
in
ETimes,
Prakash's
close
friend
Vimal
Kumar
revealed
to
a
publication
that,
"He
was
out
on
Saturday.
He
is
at
home
and
doing
well.
His
family
is
all
well
too."
Earlier
Vimal
had
also
revealed
to
PTI
about
the
former
badminton
player's
health
when
he
was
admitted
to
the
hospital.
He
had
stated,
"Around
10
days
back,
Prakash,
his
wife
(Ujjala)
and
second
daughter
(Anisha),
they
developed
symptoms
and
got
themselves
tested
and
the
results
came
out
to
be
positive
He
is
okay
now.
All
his
parameters
are
fine,
his
wife
and
daughter
are
at
home
and
he
too
will
be
hopefully
discharged
in
2-3
days."
Meanwhile,
Deepika
had
shared
mental
health
helpline
numbers
some
time
back
on
her
social
media
handle.
The
Bajirao
Mastani
actress
had
captioned
the
same
stating,
"As
millions
of
us
(I
and
my
family
included)
strive
to
stay
afloat,
let
us
not
forget
that
our
emotional
well-being
in
this
current
crisis,
is
equally
important.
Remember,
You
Are
Not
Alone.
We
are
in
this
Together.
And
most
importantly,
there
is
Hope." Take
a
look
at
her
post.
On
the
work
front,
there
has
been
a
buzz
that
Deepika
Padukone
has
been
approached
to
play
Sita
in
director
Nitesh
Tiwari's
ambitious
project
Ramayan.
According
to
a
news
report
in
Bollywood
Life,
the
actress
is
on
the
race
to
grab
the
project
along
with
actress
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan.
Apart
from
that,
she
will
also
be
seen
in
movies
like
Pathan,
Fighter,
83
and
filmmaker
Shakun
Batra's
next.