Former Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and film producer Pahlaj Nihalani was reportedly admitted to Mumbai’s Nanavati hospital for the last 28 days and was discharged on Saturday as per The Times of India. Nihalani also revealed how his ordeal began. He said, “Suddenly, one night at about 3 am, I felt a bit uneasy and vomited a lot of blood. I was advised hospitalisation. It was a case of chronic food-poisoning but it was an emergency- and initially, I was kept in the ICU for about 5-6 days.”
He added, “I thought I’d go home in 2/3 days after I was out from the ICU. But my temperature did not go down for the longest time, I was getting fever and a very bad stomach-ache essentially in the evening, the diagnosis kept extending, and that became a matter of concern.”Pahlaj Nihalani’s closest friend from the film industry, Shatrughan Sinha was informed about the filmmaker’s hospitalization. "Shatru visited me in the hospital, recently. We had largely kept it private," the filmmaker revealed. During a chat with the outlet, he expressed his gratitude towards the staff at the hospital for looking after him. He also explained how difficult it was for him to recover and elaborated on the details of his experience. Nihalani had a controversial two year tenure as as the CBFC boss. In 2017, he was sacked from his post and was replaced by Lyricist and screenplay writer Prasoon Joshi.