There was a sudden panic among the myriad friends and well-wishers of the movie-making maverick Mani Ratnam when on Tuesday he was admitted into the Apollo hospital in Chennai.

Since Mani has a history of heart ailment, the worst was naturally ,or not so unnaturally , presumed.

However it seems the news from Chennai is heartening and very very encouraging.

So says the poetic genius Gulzar who , as luck would have it, was in Chennai working on a song for Mani Ratnam’s Raavan with Mani and composer A R Rahman when Mani’s health scare occurred.

Well-known film director Mani Ratnam was admitted to a private hospital early this morning after he complained of chest pain and giddiness.

Mani, who is in his early 50s, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Apollo hospital in Chennai.

According to the hospital sources Mani had a slight discomfort in the heart.

The doctors have decided to keep Mani in the ICU for the next one week for observation.

All the family members and close friends of the director rushed to hospital on hearing about his condition.

Gorgeous Aishwarya Rai is feeling anxious with her growing age and time. Few years back, Ash ruled the film industry completely and was known for her perfect beauty.

But at present she needs make up to give herself a young look.

Recently, Bachchan Bahu had an argument with Ace Bollywood director Mani Ratnam on the sets of ‘Raavan’.

The sources said that Ratnam asked Ash to apply no make-up for her appearance during the second half of the film ‘Raavan’ as she was supposed to portray a wife with feelings of being separated from her husband.

Arya has won the hearts of millions with his acting skills and chocolaty looks. And now it seems his brother Satya is all set to give his brother big competition with his debut flick Kadhal 2 Kalyanam which is directed by Milind Rau who earlier worked as associate director with Mani Rathnam.

Satya has already become the talk of the town with his cute looks. The actor has made it clear that even though he is getting a big launch, he would love to do different kind of roles.

The story of much-awaited flick ‘Ravana’, which was kept as a guarded secret, is out of the closet.

According to sources, the storyline of Abhi-Ash starrer, which is set for 2009 release, was only told to the leading characters including Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and a few other members involved in the project.

But now the story has been leaked.

According to reports, the story of the film goes like this: Abhi’s sister gets publicly disgraced by the role played by South star Vikram.

Ace Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is receiving ‘Z’ category security now-a-days to keep away from the prying eyes of her buffs as well as media persons.

Director Mani Ratnam and his team are keen in taking maximum effort to make sure that no one views the ‘look’ donned by diva for his flick ‘Ravana’ in which Ash dons the role of Sita.

Mani does not want to disclose any pictures of his movies before the release.