India, July 8 -- Veteran actor Fish Venkat is hospitalised and in the ICU, in need of a kidney transplant. Last week, the family and fans breathed a sigh of relief when the family claimed that Prabhas' assistant had called them offering financial aid. However, in an interview with Suman TV, Venkat's family now claims that the call was fake.

A family member revealed in the interview that Venkat was still in need of financial assistance because the call from an unknown person claiming to be Prabhas' assistant was a fake one.

When asked about Prabhas reaching out for help, a family member said, "Actually, nothing like that happened. We have been answering every call we get to see if anyone can help us. Some unknown person called us pretend...