Shashi Kapoor hospitalised for chest infection, stable now

Mumbai: Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor was admitted to the Kokilaben hospital here on Sunday. He is now stable.

"He had chest infection. He is now on antibiotics, but is stable right now", Ram Narain, executive director at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital, told the media reporters.

Shashi Kapoor, 76, is a well-known actor (for movies like "Deewar", "Satyam Shivam Sundaram", "Kabhie Kabhie"), director ("Ajooba" in 1991) and producer in Bollywood.

He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India, in 2011.