Rajesh Sharma Insect Bite: Fake news spread on Rajesh Sharma? Manager told the truth, ‘Fauji’ team said this after being bitten by ‘bug’
Uma Shankar July 09, 2026 10:23 PM

Film actor Rajesh Sharma is admitted in a hospital in Kolkata. On Wednesday, director Sudeepa Chatterjee issued a statement quoting family and doctors and gave an update on his health and also explained the reason for his hospitalization. According to him, Rajesh Sharma was bitten by a poisonous insect on the sets of Prabhas' film 'Fauji'. Later, his health deteriorated during the flight and upon reaching Kolkata he had to be admitted to the hospital. However, this claim of Sudeepa has been rejected by the team of the film 'Fauji' and has told a completely different thing. Also, the actor's manager has now told the whole truth.

The team of the film 'Fauji' says that Rajesh Sharma He had finished shooting his part a week before this incident and had gone to his home. gulte.com has told in its report that what has been told by the film team is not matching with the statement of director Sudeepa Chatterjee. The team says that no one informed them about any incident that happened on the set or anyone being injured. The team said that when they tried to contact the family, there was no response from them.

Director's social media post missing

On Wednesday, reports of Rajesh Sharma being bitten by an insect and becoming seriously ill were everywhere. There was an Instagram post of director Sudeepa Chatterjee behind this, which has now disappeared. That post of his is not visible anywhere on social media. The post claimed that Rajesh's health started deteriorating a few hours after he was bitten by an insect or poisonous spider during the shooting at Ramoji Rao Film City in Hyderabad. When the insect bit him, Rajesh did not take it seriously because there was no effect at that time.

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Sudeepa now gave this information

Sudeepa gave information about Rajesh's health during a conversation with Hindustan Times on Thursday. He said, "Now he is better than before. It is not known which insect bit him, tests are being done and his condition is being monitored. Treatment is going on and his health has improved in the last two days."

Sudeepa told, "Rajesh ji's mother is very old and his sister is abroad. He is our family friend. When we came to know about this, we reached the hospital and at that time I gave the initial statement." Today Sudeepa said, "After coming from Hyderabad, he was at home and he had fever. He thought that it was fever, it could be due to mosquito bite, so let's go home. So he went home and after that he felt uncomfortable, so he came to the nearby hospital and is admitted there."

The manager told the truth

Rajesh Sharma's assistant and manager in-charge told Hindustan Times, "Rajesh ji is fine. A lot of fake news has spread. I am with him 24/7 and there is nothing like that. The infection is still in his leg and he is recovering. I read somewhere that the infection has reached his lungs, which is not true. His doctors say that he will recover in two-three days."

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