Deepika Padukone is down with malaria. The actress, who is at present shooting in London, had not been keeping well for the past few days. Though at first it was thought that the Om Shanti Om girl was suffering from a viral infection, tests have now proved that it is malarial fever.
On Wednesday, Dippy appeared in no condition to face the camera. As reported ('Deepika unwell'; Hitlist, July 22), she had been fair enough to shoot as major sequences with her and co-star Akshay Kumar are being canned. On Tuesday, however, although the high fever, she managed to still shoot for some scenes.
Now the shoot of Housefull is on only with Akshay and the rest of the cast. Both director Sajid Khan and producer Sajid Nadiadwala have told her to go easy and not to shoot till she fully recovers.
As Deepika is too weak to talk, a source close to the actress says, "Two days after she landed in London on July 11 for the shoot, she felt excited. Assuming it to be an under the weather situation, she began popping painkillers, but the fever would not subside. She also had shivering. The unit folk then took her to a doctor on Tuesday night and she was diagnosed with malaria.
Deepika was to complete her scenes of Housefull by this weekend and fly back to Mumbai for the promotions of Love Aaj Kal. "But in this condition, whether she can take the long flight back home is to be seen," adds the source.
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