Veteran film actor Thilakan hospitalized

Malayalam cine actor Thilakan has been hospitalized here following certain neurological problems, a doctor attending on him said. Neurosurgeon Dr P C Gilvas said the condition of the 72-year-old was stable and he would be shifted to his room later in the day.

Thilakan had complained of uneasiness on July 29 during a film shoot and was admitted to a private nursing home in Palakkad, from where he was referred to the Jubilee Mission Hospital Medical College here.

Thilakan had suffered a stroke some time back, hospital sources said.