Thanking the government for bringing her back to her country, Actress Nushrratt Bharuccha recalled her horrific experience while she was stranded in Israel amid the deadly attack by Hamas. She took to her social media and issued her first statement after returning from a war zone area.
Taking to Instagram, Nushratt shared a video in which she said, “I wanted to take a moment and say thank you to everyone for their messages, for their prayers and wishes. I am back, I am home, I am safe, I am fine but just 2 days back I woke up in a hotel room with bomb sounds around me and sirens blaring and we were taken down to a basement and shelter areas. I’ve never been in such a situation. But today, when I woke up in my house with no sounds and feeling safe and fine, I am getting relief that it is a big thing, how fortunate we are that we are in this country, that we are protected, we are safe.”
Nushratt also thanked the Indian Government, the Indian embassy and the Israel embassy.
She said, So I want to take this moment and say thank you to the Government of India, say thank you to the Indian embassy, say thank you to the Israel embassy for guiding us, for advising us and making it possible for me to come back home to my country safe and sound. I also want to take a moment and extend my prayers and wishes to the people still stuck in the war and I really hope for peace very soon.”
Apart from the video, the actor also shared a long post in which she shared about her experience of being “stuck in a country that way openly at war”.
She wrote, “The last week will forever remain etched in my memory…a rollercoaster ride of emotions, the final 36 hours of which will remain the most unforgettable and daunting of my life. My producer, stylist and I had been flown in to Haifa in Israel, on October 3, to attend the reputed Haifa International Film Festival for the screening of our recent film, Akelli, alongside my Israeli co- actors, Tsahi Halevi and Amir Boutrous. After two days of visiting all of Israel’s historic places, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Baha’i, the Dead Sea, we’d almost ended our trip with a celebratory dinner for the film’s cast on Friday night, Oct 6. That evening, Tsahi, Amir and I had toasted our film’s selection at the Haifa Film Fest, promised to visit each other, and possibly work together again. We’d said our goodbyes and were ready to fly back the next day.”
