Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was on Saturday admitted to Lilavati hospital in Mumbai after he complained of stomach ache due to suspected incisional hernia, giving anxious moments to fans on his 66th birthday.

Bachchan, wearing a brown woollen cap and a blue sweat shirt, was first rushed in an ambulance to nearby Nanavati hospital from his residence 'Jalsa' in Juhu for a check up and scan and was later admitted to Lilavati hospital in suburban Bandra.

The actor was suspected to be suffering from incisional hernia, a recurring problem that has been troubling him since the near-fatal accident on the sets of Coolie in 1982, but there was no immediate confirmation from family or doctors attending on him.

Sources said the Big B, who was shooting for Teen Patti till Friday, had taken ill last night and complained of abdominal cramps.

"Last night he complained of stomach ache for which he was taken to Nanavati Hospital this morning, then he was admitted to Leelavati. At this moment, he is under treatment," Bachchan's secretary Sunil Doshi said.

A large number of fans and media persons, who gathered outside the actor's house on his birthday were shocked to see an ambulance taking the actor on a stretcher accompanied by son Abhishek to the hospital.

Bachchan's daughter Shweta Nanda, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai and family friend and SP leader Amar Singh followed the ambulance in a car.

Bachchan underwent a surgery on November 30, 2005 for abdominal infection `Diverticulosis' at the Leelavati hospital.

Earlier in 1982, he had undergone a major surgery after the accident during a stunt sequence for Coolie following which he suffered from myasthenia gravis, an ailment of muscle weakness.

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