updated; The times of India has confirmed now that both Aishwarya Rai and her daughter Aarsadhya Bachan have also been detected Covid-19 positive. However, Amitabh Bachan’s wife Jaya Badhuri is negative.
India’s favourite Bollywood family is on alert after father son duo were tested positive, Amitabh Bachan the filmstar who is revered in the country together with his son Abhishek Bachan married to Aishwrya Rai are confirmed to be infected with Covid-19. They have since asked all those in contact with them in the past 10 days to head over to the hospital to be tested.
T 3590 -I have tested CoviD positive .. shifted to Hospital .. hospital informing authorities .. family and staff undergone tests , results awaited ..
All that have been in close proximity to me in the last 10 days are requested to please get themselves tested !— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 11, 2020
Coronavirus has ravaged across India which continues to record increased daily cases by the tens of thousands, the country is Asia’s highest nation infected by the disease. Over 812,000 Indians have been tested positive with 22,000 deaths, this statistics places India third in the global Covid-19 status behind USA and Brazil. Many Indians feel the government was slow to react and that Prime Minister Modi did not handle the pandemic effectively.
Amitabh Bachan who dabbled in politics for a brief time is among the elite group of individuals who transited from film to public stage but did not last long enough to turn it into a career. The actor 77 now picks his roles carefully and only acts in selected movies, his latest blockbuster was a swashbuckling action adventure with Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif in Thugs of Hindustan.
The Bachan family have high profile actors, Amitabh himself has acted in over 200 films, his wife Jaya Bhaduri appears in movies as well, son Abishek Bachan is among the super heroes is India and is married to ex Miss Universe Aishwarya Rai.
