A wave of panic spread across social media and news channels recently with reports claiming that veteran actor Dharmendra had passed away. However, his daughter Esha Deol quickly set the record straight, posting on Instagram, “THE MEDIA SEEMS TO BE IN OVERDRIVE AND SPREADING FALSE NEWS. MY FATHER IS STABLE & RECOVERING. WE REQUEST EVERYONE TO GIVE OUR FAMILY PRIVACY. THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYERS FOR PAPAS SPEEDY RECOVERY.”

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The confusion even reached the corridors of power, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeting about the news, only to delete the post later.

After Esha Deol, Hema Malini also refuted the media reports talking about the death of Dharmendra. Taking to X (formerly Twitter),

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