Bollyood singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan suffers heart attack, hospitalised

New Delhi, Dec 9: Shankar Mahadevan, the famous singer-composer, reportedly suffered two back to back hearts attacks, claimed media reports.

The Bollywood celebrity, who sings and composed multiple songs in Tamil as well, has been admitted to a hospital in Delhi.

Though his close relatives and friends turned down media's request to reveal more information on Mahadevan's health condition, his son Siddharth spoke about his father.

Addressing media, Siddharth was quoted as saying, "It was mainly due to exhaustion. Dad underwent angioplasty on the first day itself when he was hospitalised."

The singer was admitted to a hospital in Delhi on Sunday, Dec 6. According to Siddharth, his father would be discharged from the hospital soon.

Meanwhile, the singer himself turned to micro-blogging site Twitter and informed about his health condition. Mahadevan thanked his fans and well-wishers for their prayers and concerns.

The singer-composer tweeted, "By God's blessings, your positive energy and some excellent doctors, all the procedures were successful."

His spokesperson too confirmed that news about Mahadevan's health and said, "He was feeling uneasy and the doctor advised him for an ECG (electrocardiogram) checkup and then asked him to get hospitalised for a couple of days, but he is perfectly fine, and will be back in Mumbai soon. We request to respect the privacy".

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