MUMBAI: Veteran Bollywood actor Prem Chopra has been inundated with calls and text messages since early morning, today. The callers are inquiring if he is alive. This is one more case of some mischief-monger having gone berserk in spreading false death news about Bollywood celebrities.

"This is sadism, what else! Somebody is deriving sadistic pleasure in wrongly informing people that I am no more. But here I am, talking to you, absolutely hale and hearty."

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"I don't know how many calls of this nature I have received since morning. Rakesh Roshan called me. Amod Mehra (trade analyst) called. I wonder who did this to me. Also, I must tell you that someone did a similar thing with Jeetendra, my close friend. That happened about four months ago. This needs to stop- and immediately," Chopra added.

Prem Chopra and his wife Uma Chopra were unwell in January this year when they both contracted COVID and were admitted to Lilavati Hospital (Bandra, Mumbai) under the treatment of Dr Jalil Parkar. Post that, both have been absolutely fine.

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A source says, "Social media is being frequently used to spread wrong information and deceive people into believing something that is outright fake. People do not pause and do a fact-check and only spread what they hear, read or see. It is high time for some self-introspection."

Credit: ETimes