Thursday, April 16, 2009

Mani Ratnam health improves

Renowned film director Mani Ratnam was admitted to Apollo Hospital on Tuesday night after complaining of breathing problems and discomfort in chest, is recuperating and would be allowed to resume work after resting for a couple of days.

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"Doctors said there was nothing to panic and the director is healthy," Ratnam's spokesman Nikhil Murugan said.

Mr. Ratnam (52) was admitted to a hospital last night after he complained of "breathing difficulty" and discomfort in the chest.

The director, who introduced Oscar-winning musician A R Rahman in "Roja", had survived a heart attack in 2004 when he was filming the multi-starrer, bi-lingual 'Yuva'.

Mr. Mani Ratnam is currently involved in a project, tentatively titled 'Ravan' that stars national award winner Vikram, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, among others.

Mr. Ratnam, who has made block busters in Tamil and Hindi cinema, is known to make movies on controversial issues like the Bombay riots in and terrorism-related subjects such as the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Dil Se', 'Roja' and 'Kannathil Muthamittal'.

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