The condition of veteran actor Dilip Kumar, who was admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati hospital last night after he complained of breathlessness, is stable, his family said on Monday.

"He is stable, and we are praying that he recovers fully. On 13th of this month he had viral fever for one day and today he felt a little discomfort and we decided to bring him to hospital and right now he is conscious. He had undergone open heart surgery 14 years ago," the actor's wife Saira Banu told reporters outside the hospital.