While on a Gujarat tour for her play Maniben.com, television’s best known bahu (daughter-in-law) Smriti Irani complained of fever and pain in the joints. Despite running a temperature, she performed two shows but returned to Bombay when the fever shot up. Tests confirmed that Irani was down with dengue, revealed a report in Mumbai Mirror of November 8, 2006.
Smriti Irani: the show must go on
Zubin Irani, speaking to mediapersons at Lilavati Hospital where his wife had been admitted to the ICU, said: "Smriti was unwell but is on the road to recovery now. She will be fine soon.” Still recovering from dengue, Smriti was later discharged from the hospital and resumed work soon thereafter. Rubbishing reports that she had disrupted schedules, Smriti said that she had a large backlog of serials already shot and, in any case, her ordeal in hospital has lasted just one week....