Film journalist Ali Peter John seriously injured in accident

Veteran film journalist Ali Peter John met with a road accident on Saturday morning in Mumbai and sustained a serious injury. He has been admitted to the Nanavati hospital for surgery.

The 67-year-old journalist has closely tracked the film fraternity and worked with Screen magazine for more than 35 years. He has written about the reel and real life of generations of Bollywood film stars from Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan to Shahrukh Khan with deep insight and sensitivity.

John has worked in the industry for almost four decades and his book on Amitabh Bachhan was recently launched by Bachchan himself.

According to sources, John was crossing the road on Saturday morning near Yari road when a water  tanker ran over his left leg and crushed his toe. The tanker owner immediately rushed him to Cooper hospital. He was later taken to the Nanavati hospital for proper treatment and was operated on the same day.

"He was operated on Saturday night but there is no blood circulation in his left toe. Doctors said his toes had become septic, so they are going to carry out an amputation surgery on Friday," John's wife Usha said.

"The cost of the operation would be around Rs 5 lakh, for which Shahrukh Khan's team has approached John offering assistance," she said.