The condition of veteran actor Shabana Azmi, who was injured in an accident on the Mumbai- Pune Expressway on Saturday afternoon, was "stable", the Mumbai hospital where she was admitted said.
Azmi was admitted at Kokilaben Ambani hospital in suburban Andheri after initial treatment at MGM Hospital in Navi Mumbai.
"She is stable and under observation," said Dr Santosh Shetty, executive director and CEO of Ambani Hospital in a statement late in the evening.
The accident took place near Khalapur, over 60km from Mumbai, when the Tata Safari car in which Azmi and her husband and lyricist Javed Akhtar were traveling to Pune rammed into a truck, said Raigad Superintendent of Police Anil Paraskar.
Akhtar escaped unhurt.
A local police official said the car driver was apparently trying to overtake another vehicle and rammed into the truck. The driver sustained minor injuries, he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among those who expressed concern about the actor. "The news of @AzmiShabana Ji's injury in an accident is distressing. I pray for her quick recovery," Modi tweeted.
"Shabana Azmi injured in road accident on Mumbai-Pune Expressway OMG! Praying so hard," actor Swara Bhaskar reacted on Twitter.
TV channels showed an injured Azmi being carried out of her car.
Actor Varun Dhawan requested the media not to broadcast or publish such images. "To all my dear friends in the media, if someone has met with an accident please do not splash their pictures all over it can be extremely distressing to their family and loved ones. This is just a humble request thank you," he wrote on Twitter.
Actor Shraddha Kapoor made a similar appeal. "Please have some empathy and sensitivity and think how distressing this can be to their family members and loved ones. Please take it down immediately. Thank you," she tweeted.
Azmi is known for her path-breaking roles in films such as Arth, Ankur, Paar, Masoom and Godmother.
