Veteran
Bollywood
actor
Shashi
Kapoor
has
been
admitted
to
the
intensive
care
unit
(ICU)
of
a
hospital
here
for
chest
infection,
doctors
attending
on
him
said
today.
The
76-year-old
actor
was
admitted
to
the
Kokilaben
Dhirubhai
Ambani
Hospital
last
evening
after
he
complained
of
acute
cough
and
breathlessness,
Dr
Ram
Narain,
Executive
Director
of
the
Hospital,
said.
"He
has
been
diagnosed
with
a
chest
infection.
Although
he
is
in
the
ICU
for
now,
he
is
stable.
We
are
administering
him
with
antibiotics," Dr
Narain
told
PTI.
The
septuagenarian
actor,
who
has
featured
in
over
160
movies,
and
has
won
three
National
Awards
was
presented
with
the
Filmfare
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
in
2010.
The
versatile
actor,
who
is
best
known
for
movies
like
'Deewar',
'Silsila'
and
'Satyam
Shivam
Sundaram'
had
earlier
undergone
a
bypass
surgery.
Kapoor,
who
has
been
suffering
from
a
failing
health
from
the
past
few
years,
has
three
children
from
his
late
wife
Jennifer
Kendal.
PTI