A distraught Nadeem Saifee (of music director Nadeem-Shravan fame) has stopped work on Ishq Forever, his comeback film as a Bollywood composer, after getting news that his estranged partner, Shravan Rathod, has suffered a paralytic stroke on Monday morning. The music director was working on Sanjay Dayma's directorial debut, produced by Shabbir Boxwalla, when he got the news.

Says Nadeem, “I am very disturbed. I will not be able to create music for at least a week. Shravan and I were such good friends. It is unfortunate that we decided to part ways professionally but nobody can take away the goodtimes we spent together. All those memories have come rolling back.“

The duo which created the lilting tunes of Aashiqui, Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin, Saajan and Pardes, did not part on amicable terms. But Nadeem, who is currently based in Dubai, reasons, “Friends fight, brothers fight, we all fight don't we? Life is like that. I am now praying for Shravan's speedy recovery.“

However, he admits that he has not called Shravan's family yet. “We were not in touch for the past year or two. But I sent my Mumbai-based secretary to the hospital and he keeps me updated about Shravan's health,“ he explains.

At the time of going to press, Shravan's son Sanjeev told Mirror, “The right side of my dad's face and his tongue are affected. His speech has lost coherence. He had a clot in the brain. I don't know how long he will be in the hospital but he is feeling a bit better and is out of the ICU.“