Saif Ali Khan’s condition stable.

Mumbai, Feb 19 : The doctors said that the pain in Saif Ali Khan’s chest was due to excessive smoking, afetr he underwent an angiography. Saif Ali Khan was admitted to hospital on Sunday night after complaining of serious pains in his chest.Saif had just landed from South Africa and was busy rehearsing for his performance at an awards function when he sudenly had some acute pain in his chest. Many Bolywood stars including Anupam Kher, Salman Khan, Fardeen Khan and wife Natasha visited Lilavati Hospital to wish fast recovery for Saif Ali Khan.

“Saif Ali is out of danger, but will be kept under observation for the next two days, said Lilavati Hospital dean N. Trivedi. Saif, 36, was rushed to Lilavati Hospital Sunday evening after suffering a “suspected” mild heart attack. He was admitted to the intensive care unit and underwent an ECG, which had shown that he had irregular heartbeat.

“A team led by cardiologist Vivek Mehan immediately performed an angiography but found him to be stable,” Trivedi said.

Saif had early Sunday morning returned from a tour of South Africa and had rehearsed for a performance at a function earlier in the day. He complained of chest pain at about 5 p.m. when he was heading for the evening’s Stardust Awards at the Bandra-Kurla Complex.

Saif was to have received the award for best actor in a negative role for “Omkara”, which brought him much critical acclaim when it was released last year.

Saif’s sister actor Soha said:” Saif had been working day and night and was over-exerted.”

“He returned from South Africa at 1.30 a.m. Sunday and rushed to the MMRDA grounds at the Bandra-Kurla Complex to practice for last night’s Stardust Awards,” reported Soha ALi Khan.

But soon news of Saif’s heart attack spread and several Bollywood biggies like Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, who were present at the awards function, rushed to the hospital to see him. Others like Preity Zinta, Kunal Kohli and Jackie Shroff followed.

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