The actor-politician, father of rising actor Sonakshi Sinha, was admitted to the hospital Monday afternoon.

"Mr.Sinha is stable and is doing well. We are just re-adjusting his medication for the breathing problem that he came with. He is absolutely fine now but we are not discharging him on the weekend. We will take a call on when to discharge him on Monday," Ram Narain, COO, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, told IANS.

The 66-year-old thespian had difficulty in breathing as he developed some allergic reaction from the house-painting going on at at his residence.

His wife Poonam Sinha and his sons Luv and Kush have been by his side.

In the industry since 1970, Shatrughan is known for films like "Kalicharan", "Blackmail", "Dostana" and "Shaan".

Later, he ventured into politics and currently he is the Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Patna Saheb, Bihar.