Those who have seen Jawan cannot help but be affected by Sanya Malhotra’s music. She plays a doctor who tries to fix a lack of oxygen supply at a government hospital, which results to the death of 63 children, but is imprisoned when the government arrests her for dereliction of duty.
As an allusion to Dr. Kafeel Khan’s fate in the 2017 Gorakhpur hospital disaster, director Atlee appears to have stolen a leaf from actual life. Kafeel has finally acknowledged this and expressed gratitude to director and producer-actor Shah Rukh Khan.
On Saturday, Dr. Kafeel Khan took to X (previously Twitter) and recorded a video thanking the makers of Jawan for presenting an incident identical to his own. He also stated that he hasn’t seen the film yet, but has been receiving messages and well wishes regarding it since its release.
Kafeel wrote in Hindi, “I haven’t seen Jawan but people have been messaging me saying they missed you (namaste emoji) There is a lot of difference between the film world and real life. The culprits in the army, health minister etc. get punished But here I and those 81 families are still wandering for justice (sad and prayer emojis) Thank you @iamsrk sir and @Atlee_dir sir for raising the social issue (thumbs up emoji).”