Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani has been admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital after he met with a bike accident on Tuesday morning.

The "PK" director was riding a new Royal Enfield Bullet owned by one of his employees, according to NDTV,  He apparently couldn't manage the weight and fell on the ground.

He was immediately taken to Lilavati Hospital with a fractured jaw and a gash on the chin. A surgery is scheduled to take place on Tuesday morning, NDTV quoted Dr Jalil Parkar of Lilavati Hospital as saying.

More details awaited.