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Saif Ali Khan opened up about the aftermath of his January 2025 stabbing, admitting he is still not 100% over it and reacts whenever he sees a knife.
Saif Ali Khan opened up about the aftermath of his January 2025 stabbing incident.
In January 2025, Saif Ali Khan was stabbed multiple times after an intruder entered his residence. The case left everyone in shock, and since then, Saif has opened up about the incident. Now, recently, in an interview, he spoke about how the family dealt with the aftermath of the incident.
When asked how the family and he himself dealt with the incident, Saif Ali Khan told Bombay Times, “We have dealt with it remarkably well. I think the person most affected was my wife, who is generally a very sensitive person. We kind of got over it quite quickly. It was insane, though. I am still not 100% over it because if I see a knife, it just makes me react.”
Recalling how that incident could have left him dead, Saif continued, “I start thinking about it. It’s just incredibly lucky because the knife broke. It was the worst knife in the history of knife attacks. If he had a proper Rambo knife, I’d be dead. You poke, it can go anywhere. I was cut everywhere, but it didn’t kill me. I can’t get over how lucky I was. But there’s another side to this, a part of me understands what happened. I would happily forgive this person also.”
At the time, after the incident happened, Saif almost thought that he was going to die and recalled, “Maybe, something has finally sunk in later, in this thick skin, that I want to be a bit more present. I remember lying in the hospital and thinking that I want to have really good wine with my good friends. I want to enjoy my life. It would’ve been okay if my life had ended because I think warriors have good deaths.”
“There was a feeling when I was covered in blood, that it’s been a great life. I just remember thinking that. It’s been absolutely a great privilege and a blast. I just want to hold someone’s hand and go. I was okay with that,” he continued and added, “But what I wasn’t okay with was to be paralysed. I was incredibly lucky.”
About Saif Ali Khan stabbing case
Saif Ali Khan was repeatedly stabbed with a knife by an intruder inside his 12th-floor apartment in upscale Bandra on January 16, 2025.
The 54-year-old actor underwent emergency surgery at Lilavati Hospital and was discharged after five days. Mohammad Shariful Islam, arrested two days after the incident, is currently in judicial custody.
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Ask News18On January 16, 2025, an intruder entered Saif Ali Khan’s 12th-floor apartment in Bandra and repeatedly stabbed the 54-year-old actor with a knife. The confrontation began after Saif discovered the intruder holding a knife in his younger son Jeh’s room. Saif sustained multiple injuries, including a major spinal injury, and underwent emergency surgery at Lilavati Hospital, where he was discharged after five days.
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