Her shattered face forgotten, Shakila smiles for Salman
Bollywood actor Salman Khan. (Photo: Deccan Chronicle)- Shakila Zareen has a long road to recovery. She wants to be a journalist, the brave girl. To be a voice for distressed women, to get them justice. Reluctant to return to New Delhi from Mumbai, Shakila left Galaxy Apartments promising Salman that she
- Shakila is desperate to stay on in India to get her face reconstructed. The bullet that tore into her face blew out her nose, an eye and impaired hearing in the left ear. It also destroyed teeth and the nose cartilage. She’s unable to speak properly
- An abusive husband shot and destroyed this beautiful face. She has undergone nine surgeries -- 6 in Kabul, 3 in Apollo Delhi -- but has lost an eye and hearing in the left ear.
- It was Afghan girl Shakila Zareen's dream to meet Salman Khan someday. After all, she loves him!
- Salman also spoke to Shakila’s doctor at Apollo to get some details about her treatment, and to ask if he could be of any help. Dr Shahin Nooreyezdan, Apollo’s senior consultant (plastic and cosmetic surgery), also tried to help Shakila meet the man
- Last December, she was shot by a hunting gun at her parents home. A face with a gaping hole, nine surgeries and all hope lost for a blinded eye, Shakila slowly told her story to Salman at his Galaxy Apartment in the afternoon yesterday.
- We flew her down to Mumbai from Delhi where she is being treated by doctors at the Apollo Hospital. Eighteen-year-old Shakila Zareen was born to poor parents. They married her off last year to a 31-year-old cousin, but succour soon turned to despair
- And, in this case, Deccan Chronicle was only too happy to be the dream merchant! With loads of help, of course, from actor Salman Khan's father, the very dear Salim Khan.
- "And it's still the same. They follow Islam, they say. But they don't follow any religion. All they believe is in dominating women, unlike Islam which talks so much about woman power and their rights," Salman Khan gently told Shakila, after hearing
- And imagine her joy when Salman Khan confided that his ancestors too fled Afghanistan six generations ago for the very same reason she is in India -- lawlessness.
- In India to reconstruct a once-beautiful face left badly-disfigured by a gun-toting, cruel husband, Shakila met her heartthrob on March 28, in Mumbai.
Dreams do come true. For was Afghan girl Shakila Zareen's dream to meet Bollywood superstar Salman Khan someday.
Her shattered face forgotten, Shakila smiles for Salman
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