Sanam Bewafa Director Saawan Kumar Tak Hospitalised Due To Lung Ailment; His Health Condition ‘Critical’

Veteran
filmmaker
Saawan
Kumar
Tak,
known
for
films
like
Salman
Khan’s

Sanam
Bewafa
and
Rajesh
Khanna’s

Souten,
has
been
admitted
to
Kokilaben
Dhirubai
Ambani
Hospital
due
to
lung
infection.

His
nephew
Navin
confirmed
the
news
to
PTI
and
said
that
the
condition
of
the
86-year-old
filmmaker
is
‘critical.’

The
news
agency
quoted
Navin
as
saying,
“He
was
admitted
to
the
hospital
yesterday
due
to
an
infection
in
lungs
and
breathing
issues.
The
doctors
are
saying
he
is
in
a
critical
condition
as
his
lungs
and
even
heart
is
not
in
a
good
condition.”

Also,
the
doctor
treating
Saawan
confirmed
that
the
veteran
filmmaker
is
suffering
from
a
lung
ailment.
However,
he
refused
to
divulge
any
further
details
on
the
same.

Saawan
Tak
Kumar
has
been
a
part
of
the
Hindi
Film
Industry
for
over
five
decades.
The
director
made
his
debut
in
Bollywood
with

Gomti
Ke
Kinare
which
marked
Meena
Kumar’s
last
appearance
on
screen.

Tak
is
best
known
for
helming
Salman
Khan-starrers

Sanam
Bewafa
(1991)
and

Saawan…The
Love
Season
(2003).
He
also
teamed
up
with
Rajesh
Khanna
for
the
1983
film
Souten
featuring
Rajesh
Khanna,
Tina
Munim
and
Padmini
Kolhapure.

Besides
directing
films,
Saawan
Kumar
Tak
also
penned
songs
for
films
like
Rajesh
Khanna’s

Souten
and
Hrithik
Roshan-Ameesha
Patel’s
Bollywood
debut

Kaho
Naa..Pyaar
Hai.