Drishyam director Nishikant Kamat critical: Hospital sources

Filmmaker Nishikant Kamat is alive, says Milap Zaveri who had earlier tweeted that the Drishyam director had passed away in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad: Director Nishikant Kamat, best known for his films Mumbai Meri Jaan, Drishyam and Madaari, is critical, according to hospital sources.

Kamat, who is suffering from chronic liver disease and secondary infections, was admitted to AIG hospital in Gachibowli, Hyderabad on July 31.

"He is not dead, he is on ventilator. But his condition is very critical," his industry friend and director Milap Zaveri told PTI.

• Just spoke to someone who is with Nishikant in the hospital right now. He hasn’t passed away yet. Yes he is v critical and fighting life and death. But he is still alive 🙏 https://t.co/h6D8fLA6N8

  — Milap (@zmilap) August 17, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  Just spoke to someone who is with Nishikant in the hospital right now. He hasn’t passed away yet. Yes he is v critical and fighting life and death. But he is still alive 🙏 https://t.co/h6D8fLA6N8

  — Milap (@zmilap) August 17, 2020

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  Just spoke to someone who is with Nishikant in the hospital right now. He hasn’t passed away yet. Yes he is v critical and fighting life and death. But he is still alive 🙏 https://t.co/h6D8fLA6N8

  — Milap (@zmilap) August 17, 2020

• Nishikant kamat is on ventilator support. He is still alive & fighting. Let’s pray for him.

  — Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) August 17, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  Nishikant kamat is on ventilator support. He is still alive & fighting. Let’s pray for him.

  — Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) August 17, 2020

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  Nishikant kamat is on ventilator support. He is still alive & fighting. Let’s pray for him.

  — Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) August 17, 2020

Earlier, Kamat's close friend, Marathi actor Jaywant Wadkar had said that the director had passed away.

READ |Nishikant Kamat is critical but stable: Hospital source

Thereafter, many of his associates, including actor R Madhavan, who worked with him in Mumbai Meri Jaan (2008), had started posting their condolences.

In a statement on August 12, the medical facility had said that Kamat was hospitalised for jaundice and abdominal distention, and was later diagnosed with chronic liver disease. The hospital had described his condition "critical but stable".

Kamat, 50, made his directorial debut with the Marathi film Dombivali Fast in 2005. His Bollywood debut was Mumbai Meri Jaan, also starring Irrfan.

Kamat also played the negative role in John Abraham-starrer Rocky Handsome in 2016, which he also directed.

His biggest hit was Ajay Devgn-Tabu starrer Drishyam, which was a remake of the Malayalam movie of the same name.

(PTI)