Movies News | Posted on Apr 16, 2009 at 03:57am IST

Filmmaker Mani Ratnam admitted to hospital

Press Trust Of India

Chennai: Noted film director Mani Ratnam was hospitalised in Chennai following breathing difficulty and dizziness.

He was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday night after he complained of breathing difficulty and discomfort in the chest and specialists, including cardiologists, were attending on him, hospital and family sources said.

The condition of Ratnam, who is under observation, is now stable and he would remain in the hospital for some time, sources added.

The 52-year-old director, who introduced Oscar winning musician AR Rahman in Roja, had survived a heart attack in 2004 when he was filming the multi-starrer, bi-lingual Yuva.

Ratnam is currently involved in a project starring national award winner Vikram, Abhishek Bacchhan and Aishwarya Rai, among others, tentatively titled Ravan.

Director of Guru, Mani Ratnam is known for taking up controversial issues like the Bombay riots in Bombay and terrorism-related subjects in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Dil Se, Roja and Kannathil Muthamittal.

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