Less than a week after being stabbed by an intruder at his home in Mumbai, actor Saif Ali Khan was seen on Tuesday smiling and waving at the cameras after being discharged from Lilavati Hospital. The video has led to some politicians raising questions about the knife attack on him.

Actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed on January 16 at his 12th-floor apartment in the upscale Bandra area in Mumbai.

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan left a hospital in India’s financial capital Mumbai on Tuesday, less than a week after he suffered knife injuries in a scuffle with an intruder at his house, local media reported.

Is it okay for stars to use the photogs and paparazzi to their advantage but when it is inconvenient, ask them to ‘respect their privacy’? Conversely, shouldn’t paparazzi have exercised caution when it comes to photographing Saif’s family as they visited the actor in hospital?

The brutal knife attack on Saif Ali Khan at his Bandra home last week raised serious questions about safety and security in Maharashtra's capital. The actor suffered critical injuries and was rushed in the early hours of January 16 to Mumbai's Lilavati hospital.

Recovery time after such surgeries vary greatly depending on the severity of the injury and other health factors.

On January 16, actor Saif Ali Khan survived a major attack by an intruder during an attempt at a burglary at his Bandra apartment, after which he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital, where he underwent multiple surgeries.

Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane has raised doubts about the recent attack on actor Saif Ali Khan, questioning whether the incident was genuine or exaggerated. Saif, who was discharged from Lilavati Hospital on January 21 after undergoing a five-hour-long surgery for stab wounds,