Actor and tv character Malaika Arora has opened up about her automobile accident earlier this yr, and what occurred after her eye surgical procedure. Malaika spoke on her actuality present, Moving In With Malaika, with Farah Khan on Monday. She recalled how one of many first individuals she noticed after her surgical procedure was her ex-husband, actor Arbaaz Khan. Lauding Arbaaz for being there, Malaika mentioned that he even teased her making her assume she went again in time. (Also Read | Malaika Arora remembers automobile accident, says her physique went via ‘shock, wanted time to recuperate’)
Recalling the automobile accident, Malaika instructed Farah, “In that moment I thought I was disfigured. I thought I’ve lost my sight in that moment because I couldn’t see anything for those couple of hours. There was so much of glass shard in my eye and there was blood, so I couldn’t see. For me, in that moment, I genuinely thought that I don’t think I will survive and I may not see Arhaan again. I was taken to hospital, surgery happened, etc.”
She continued, “But when I was wheeled out one of the first faces that I saw was actually Arbaaz, at that moment. And he kept asking me, ‘Can you see? How many numbers? How many fingers?’ And I was like ‘why is he doing this?’ It was very strange. For a second, I was like okay ‘have I gone back in time?’ Something that really sticks out is in difficult times, you know that irrespective whatever it may be, past, present, future, jo bhi ho (whatever happened), the way he was there.”
The automobile accident befell on April 2 in Khopoli, Maharashtra when Malaika’s Range Rover was caught in a three-vehicle pile-up as she was returning to Mumbai from Pune. She sustained accidents and was hospitalised for remedy.
Malaika married Arbaaz Khan in 1998. They introduced their separation in March 2016 and obtained formally divorced in May 2017. They co-parent a son, Arhaan Khan. Currently, Malaika is courting actor Arjun Kapoor.