PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA - Multi award-winning director Yasmin Ahmad is now at the Intensive Care Unit of Damansara Specialist Hospital after she collapsed at Sri Pentas. She is said to be on life support system.

Yasmin, whose recent film Talentime met audiences earlier this year, was attending a meeting at 3pm with representatives from Media Prima as well as Datuk Siti Nurhaliza and husband Datuk Seri Khalid Mohamad Jiwa for a project.
According to sources, she suddenly complained of feeling unwell and lost consciousness during the meeting.

The 51-year-old director, who is Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur's executive creative director, was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. At Press time, no official statement was given in regards to the cause of the collapse.

Among those at the hospital are Datin Paduka Shuhaimi Baba, Siti, Khalid Jaclyn Victor, Fatimah Abu Bakar, Adibah Noor, Leo Burnett's managing director Tan Tien Eng and its creative director Tan Yew Leong.

Tien Eng later told the media that Yasmin had no prior history of heart problems.

Yasmin, who is known for her 1Malaysia theme in her TV commercials, made her big screen debut with Sepet and introduced viewers to a genre that combines humour, heart and love that crosses cross-cultural barriers.