Senior
actor-politician
Vijayakanth
is
hospitalised
again.
DMDK,
in
a
recent
statement,
confirmed
that
Vijayakanth
is
admitted
to
MIOT
Hospital
in
Manappakkam,
Chennai
due
to
sudden
illness.
The
party
revealed
that
the
actor-politician
got
admitted
again
on
Tuesday
(October
6,
2020)
night,
and
requested
the
fans
and
followers
to
not
believe
any
rumours.
"Vijayakanth
is
in
good
health.
He
is
admitted
to
the
hospital
for
secondary
tests.
Requesting
people
not
to
believe
in
rumours
being
spread
about
his
health
condition",
read
the
DMDK
statement.
The
fans
and
followers
have
been
showering
their
dear
'Captain'
with
messages
that
wish
him
good
health,
and
are
praying
for
his
speedy
recovery.
As
mentioned
before,
this
is
the
second
time
Vijayakanth
is
getting
admitted
to
the
hospital,
in
a
span
of
a
month.
The
actor-politician
had
tested
positive
for
coronavirus
on
September
22,
2020,
and
was
admitted
to
the
MIOT
Hospital,
where
he
underwent
treatment.
Later,
his
wife
Premalatha
Vijayakanth
had
also
tested
positive
for
COVID-19,
and
was
admitted
to
the
same
hospital.
The
couple
was
discharged
from
the
hospital
on
October
2,
Friday.
Coming
to
his
acting
career,
the
68-year-old
made
his
debut
in
movies
in
1979
with
the
movie
Inikkum
Ilamai,
in
which
he
made
a
cameo
appearance.
The
actor
was
last
seen
in
the
2015-released
movie
Sagaptham,
which
featured
his
son
Shanmugha
Pandian
in
the
lead
role.
Vijayakanth
later
retired
from
movies
to
concentrate
on
his
political
career
and
went
to
found
his
party
DMDK.