Actor Shreyas Talpade suffered a heart attack on Thursday evening and underwent angioplasty on Friday at Bellevue Hospital in Mumbai’s Andheri area.
His condition is stable, and the hospital authorities said that he was doing fine. The hospital confirmed that the angioplasty was conducted at around 10 pm earlier today and shared that he is doing fine now. They also shared that the surgery was successful and the actor was doing fine.
“He was admitted late in the evening and the procedure happened at around 10 pm. He is now doing fine and should be discharged in a few days,” the hospital said.
It is said that Shreyas Talpade collapsed after suffering a heart attack following his shoot in Mumbai. He was rushed to a hospital over complaints of uneasiness after shooting for ‘Welcome To Jungle’ on Thursday evening.
Talpade, 47, is an acclaimed actor in Hindi and Marathi cinema. He gained popularity for essaying the role of a specially-abled athlete in the 2005 film ‘Iqbal’, also starring Naseeruddin Shah. Shreyas Talpade rose to fame with Marathi TV shows and plays before his breakthrough with Iqbal. He has been a part of several box-office hit films, including, Om Shanti Om, Golmaal Returns and Housefull 2, among others, and critically praised films like Dor.