Dara Singh admitted to hospital in critical condition ‎

Indian wrestler-turned-actor Dara Singh suffered a massive cardiac arrest and was admitted to the Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in Mumbai at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 7, 2012.

The veteran actor is said to be in a very "critical" condition, according to the doctors.

"He is very, very critical. He was brought in an emergency condition to hospital at 5:15pm. He had suffered cardiac arrest.

"He is in ICU and we are monitoring his condition hour- by-hour," Dr Ram Narain, COO of the hospital said in a statement.

Earlier, Darashing's son, Vindu, had said that his father was serious.

"He is serious. There is blood clot in his brain or he has suffered heart attack... We are not sure what has happened. We have been told that he is under observation for 24 hours," Vindu said.

Dara Singh was best known for his role of Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar's television serial "Ramayan" and was last seen in Imtiaz Ali's "Jab We Met" in 2007.