Sonu Sood on Aap Ki Adalat: The Bollywood actor, who mostly used to play villains on television, turned into a real-life hero thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. His excellent work made the nation swell with pride as he helped people get medical aid during the coronavirus outbreak and sent hundreds of migrants back home. Now, in his much talked about and famous show, Aap Ki Adalat, he is facing tough questions from the Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of India TV. Rajat Sharma, The actor has now revealed the important question: How did he cover the needs of the public during the entire Covid period.
Rajat Sharma talks to Sonu Sood about helping airlift 4,000 students from Kurdistan and Kazakhstan, a herculean task, and how he managed it. The actor replied, “Those who could afford paid for their tickets. But we made sure everyone was brought back. There were no flights from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Palestine, Russia at that time. I offices and embassies. I was working round the clock, arranging permissions for airlines and getting people back.”
The actor was then asked how he manages to meet the needs of 400 to 500 people queuing up outside his house. Sonu said, “I was in Dubai recently. A man at the immigration counter took a selfie with me, said he was the director of the hospital. He told me you arranged a bone marrow transplant for a man in Bengaluru.” , and arranged a liver transplant for someone.” in Kerala. You paid for these. We want you as our brand ambassador. We met the next day and he asked for my fee for the brand sponsorship. I told him, your hospital does the best surgeries and my fees will be zero. The hospital sponsored 50 liver transplants for me. The cost of a liver transplant is Rs 28 lakh. He sponsored 50 liver transplants, which cost Rs 12.5 crore. So far, we have done 19 liver transplants. Today, sitting here (in your court), I am speaking on the national media. Call me, I will try to do it (transplantation). A laborer earning Rs 200 a day cannot afford the surgery cost of Rs 25-28 lakh. We are ready to do it for them”
Rajat Sharma examines Sood whether he is Superman or Robin Hood, looking at the number of transplants and heart surgeries performed on people. He replied, “Common man hoon, sir. During the Covid pandemic, we came in contact with 7.5 lakh people, with their Aadhaar card details, list and all. They were all poor people. When we reached them, they had this There was excitement.” to work for me. They said, ‘Sonu bhai, you helped us, we will work for you’. When we started giving medicines and injections to Covid patients, some people filed a case against me. These poor people provided medicines by riding their cycles. 50-60 km away to the needy. Some patients couldn’t even type on their phones, they just sent photos of their finger on the oximeter showing 52. We provided them help.
Further, Sood was questioned that when even God takes more time then how does he meet the demands of the people on such an urgent basis. The actor said, ‘God only makes all this happen. I am just a medium.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Sonu Sood will be seen in action thriller film ‘Fateh’, which will go on floors in 2023. Directed by Vaibhav Mishra, the film will be shot at various locations in Delhi and Punjab.
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