‘DON’T WANT VIBHU TO THINK ABOUT THE FINANCES’
Actor Addite Malik is among those rallying around actor Vibhu K Raghave, who suffers from stage 4 colon cancer
Actor-restaurateur Addite Malik is lending support to a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for actor Vibhu K Raghave (aka Vaibhav Raghave), who was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer last year. “We are sure he is going to fight it out, we don’t want him to think about how it’s going to happen financially. That is why his friends decided to stand by him and start the campaign to collect funds for him,” Malik says.
The Nisha Aur Uske Cousins actor suffers from a rare, aggressive type of cancer. Malik says, “When he was diagnosed with cancer, it came as a shock to all of us and him. It took him a month to understand what was happening to him. After that, he has been fighting it strongly and researching the illness with a zeal to get healthy,” shares Malik.
The 40-year-old continues, “During the treatment, we realised that it is going to be costly, especially with Vibhu being the only earning member of his family. This is the second year of his treatment, and funds are needed urgently. Cancer as a disease drains a person not just physically, but financially, too. This step is to make him feel secure.”
For Malik, Raghave is like family. She admits that after losing her own father to the disease, she wants to go all out to help him come out of it.
“I lost my father to cancer in 2021. I’m still not over it. It has been over a year and it is still very fresh in my mind. We are also extending all our support to the family also. There are people who have come together with small amounts — and even that matters. Because we need to build a huge fund for him. It’s not about ₹2-3 lakh. We don’t know how much is going to be spent because it’s a very rare type of cancer. He might also need a surgery later,” she says.
Actors Mohsin Khan and Saumya Tandon have also come forward to urge people to contribute to the same fundraiser. “It is an effort by all of us to stand by him and to make sure that he sails through,” Malik signs off.