Mani Ratnam admitted to hospital

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

The 52-year-old 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’.

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.’