Popular Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has been admitted to hospital with multiple stab injuries after an intruder reportedly barged into his house and attacked him. The attack took place early Thursday morning at an upscale neighbourhood of Mumbai city, where Khan lives with his family.

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan underwent emergency surgery at Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital following a knife attack at his Bandra residence early Thursday morning. The 54-year-old actor sustained multiple injuries during a confrontation with an intruder around 2:30am local time.

By Sudipto Ganguly and Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) -Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan was out of danger, police said on Thursday, following stab injuries received in a scuffle with an intruder at his home in India's financial capital of Mumbai for which he was undergoing surgery.

A star of more than 70 films and television series, Saif Ali Khan sustained six stab wounds in the incident, including one close to his spine. He is in intensive care in hospital.

Throwback to the time when Saif Ali Khan praised the South Indian film industry and asked Bollywood to take lessons from them.

He was taken to a nearby hospital at around 3.30am on Thursday with six injuries, two deeper than the others, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported.

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan received multiple injuries after an intruder attacked him with a knife during an alleged burglary attempt at his residence in Mumbai in the early hours of Thursday