Malayalam Film Actor-Director Sreenivasan Hospitalised

Senior Malayalam film actor- Director Sreenivasan was admitted at a private hospital here on Sunday evening after he experienced breathing difficulty at the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery. During the check-in procedures at the airport, he feels some breathing difficulties. Hospital sources said that his condition was stable and he remains under observation at the intensive care unit. The actor, who was on his way to Chennai, had completed check-in procedures when he complained of breathing difficulty and was taken to a hospital near the airport.
He was later shifted to Aster Medcity hospital for detailed check-up and investigations. Earlier this year in January, he has following breathing difficulties and was put on ventilator support at the Intensive Care Unit of the Medical Center Hospital in Ernakulam. At that time he showed symptoms of small heart failure, with water filling the lungs and high BP. And he was recovered.
Sreenivasan was admitted to hospital in January last year, with media reports claiming that he had suffered a stroke. However, his son, actor, director and producer Vineeth Sreenivasan took to Facebook to say that Sreenivasan had been admitted due to variations in blood sugar levels and that he was out of danger.
Sreenivasan, who is from Kannur, was last seen in the film was ‘Love Action Drama’ that released earlier this year. He was also the writer of the film. The actor-director has won several awards for his work, including the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film in 1989 for Vadakkunokkiyantram, and National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues in 2000 for Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala. He has also won a Filmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam for Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala, besides bagging a Filmfare Award for Best Film – Malayalam in 2008 for Katha Parayumbol.