"Raghavendra Rajkumar was brought to the hospital at 9:15 am. He was presented with an acute medical condition," Dr Medha Huilgol, Anesthesiology Consultant at Columbia Asia Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment, said.

The actor was immediately attended to by a team of doctors and he was responding to treatment well and expected to make a good recovery, she said in a statement. Shivarajkumar, the actor's brother, said, Raghavendra had a clot in the brain and it was removed.