Actor Shammi Kapoor, who was admitted to Mumbai's Breach Candy hospital on July 7 for a severe lung infection, was discharged on Friday.

The Yahoo star is recovering, his wife Neila Kapoor said.

"He was to be discharged only next week. But the doctor said he would be happy at home and took a sudden decision to send him home yesterday," she added.

For the past week, Kapoor has been lodged in an extension of the hospital's Intensive Care Unit. He had a room to himself with a television. Family members were allowed to meet him occasionally, she said.

"We have made a similar arrangement like (the one in hospital) at home," she continued. "He is happy to be back home. He is fully shaven, looks better and is improving with medication."