Mani Ratnam hospitalised

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

He was admitted to the hospital 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, sources said.

The 52-year-old director, who introduced Oscar winning musician A R Rahman in Roja, had survived a heart attack in 2004. PTI