Dhaka, April 16 -- Legendary Bangladeshi actor Ilias Javed, once a dominant presence on the country's silver screen, was hospitalised on Wednesday after his health deteriorated, family sources said.

Speaking to a local media in the evening, Javed's wife and actress Dolly Chowdhury said that the veteran actor has been suffering from various health complications for a long time, and his condition worsened on Wednesday, prompting them to rush him to a hospital in Uttara on doctors' advice.

"Javed has been unwell for a while. Today his condition got worse, so we took him to the hospital as advised by the doctor," Dolly Chowdhury told the media.

She said that Javed has been battling internal health issues since undergoing surgery in 2019 du...