Ace filmmaker Mani Ratnam visited a private hospital here on Tuesday for a master health checkup and contrary to the rumours, he was not hospitalised due to cardiac problems.
"Mani and his wife were holidaying in Delhi. A master health checkup was long overdue. He got it in done in a hospital in Delhi to avoid Chennai public eye," Mala Manyan, executive producer of Mani Ratnam's latest release "Ok Kanmani", told IANS on Wednesday.
In 2004 and 2009, Ratnam had suffered minor heart attacks while working on films "Yuva" and "Raavan".
In his over two-decade long career, he's known for successful films such as "Nayagana, "Mounaragam", "Dil Se", "Bombay" and "Guru".
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