Mumbai: Filmmaker-choreographer Remo D'Souza has suffered a heart attack on Friday. He is admitted to Mumbai's Kokilaben Hospital and has undergone angioplasty and is now stable.
The 46-year-old director is in the Intensive Care Unit of the Kokilaben hospital, news agency PTI reported.
"He had a heart attack. There was a blockage. For now, doctors have done angiography and he is currently in the ICU," according to sources.
The hospital sources said the "Race 3" director was admitted today afternoon.
"He's stable now and under observation," the report said.
D'Souza is one of the leading choreographers working in Bollywood, after having worked on films such as "Tum Bin", "Kaante", "Dhoom", "Rock On" and "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani".
He received the award for Best Choreography for Bajirao Mastani's Deewani Mastani at 63rd National Film Awards. He has also judged dance reality shows like Dance Plus, Dance India Dance and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.
As a director, he has made movies such as "F.A.L.T.U", "ABCD", "A Flying Jatt", "Race 3" and most recently "Street Dancer".
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Gonda (UP) (PTI): A bomb scare on the 12565 Bihar Sampark Kranti Express train, travelling from Darbhanga to New Delhi, triggered panic among passengers and security personnel in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda on Friday evening.
"Following a tip-off from the Delhi Control Room, security forces, including the GRP and the RPF, were immediately alerted. The train was halted at Gonda Junction at 7:30 pm and thoroughly searched by a bomb disposal squad," Gonda Government Railway Police (GRP) Inspector Narendra Pal Singh said.
Despite the extensive search, no suspicious objects or explosives were found, officials said. The train was eventually allowed to proceed to its destination.
Singh said investigations are on to identify those who sent the hoax bomb threat.