Recently actor Shekhar Suman got emotional when he shared about his late son Ayush Suman. Shekhar in an interview with ABP News, recalled how he and his family felt after Ayush was diagnosed with Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF) and this resulted his death.
Shekhar was asked about how he balanced work and his wife’s grief. He said, “It often happens that a woman looks after her home, so she’s (his wife Alka) strong even in heartbreaking situations; it’s the man who breaks. My father was a good doctor; he was the one who noticed there was something wrong with my son. He was a great doctor but couldn’t save his own grandson.”
The actor further added, “After we ran tests, we realised he had Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF), it’s rare. We were told he had only 8 months to live; we felt like we would die too. He lived for four years. There hasn’t been a religious place I didn’t visit or medicine I didn’t try. There can be nothing more heartbreaking than a parent seeing their child dead; the wound has only deepened with time.” Shekhar’s elder son lived till the age of 11.
Recently Shekhar and his younger son worked together i Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s web series, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. The series I’d based on the real life of courtesans in pre-Independent India. In the series, the father-son duo plays the role of nawabs. Shekhar portrays the role of Zulfikar who is Manisha Koirala aka Mallikajaan’s patron. Whereas Adhyayan portrays the role of a younger version of him, apart from another character. The series also features, Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Sheikh and Sharmin Segal.
