'Dhakka laga hai’: Shahid Kapoor's stepfather Rajesh Khattar’s wife said their savings are over

People are struggling to find adequate resources for their loved ones as the Covid-19 pandemic hits the country hard, and medical treatment is becoming an additional burden for many. Actor Rajesh Khattar, father of actor Ishaan Khattar, recently opened up about his own hardships and the nightmare his family experienced. 

Vandana Sajnani admitted that they have spent almost all of their life savings on medical care for the family in the last few years.

Last year, she also discussed her postpartum depression.

“The last time I was in the hospital, I had no idea what was going on outside. In May of last year, when the lockdown was at its peak, I suffered from postpartum depression. In fact, from then till now it’s been only hospitalisations," she said.

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Talking about the lack of work, she added, “Here we’re talking of loads of savings, as actors… loads of savings gone down only in hospitalisations for the whole of last year." She continued in Hindi, “Kaam bilkul nahi hua, aur jitni savings thi almost woh bhi hospitalisations mein aur iss do saal ke lockdown mein chali gayi (there was no work, and almost all our savings were used up during these two years of lockdown and hospitalisations)."

“Iss baar bahut dhakka laga hai (We’ve suffered this time)," she said, with her husband and father-in-law both hospitalised.

It is known that Rajesh Khattar married Vandana Sajnani. Both of them had a son after years, whose name is Vanraj Krishna Khattar.Also Rajesh Khattar is the father of Bollywood actor Ishaan Khattar and is the stepfather of Shahid Kapoor.