Director Mahendran rescued after two days

Veteran filmmaker J Mahendran, who was stranded at his home in Pallikaranai due to the heavy rains and flooding in Chennai, was resuced by the police after two days.
It is said that the police sent a rescue team after they received a call from the director's son who is based overseas.
The ace director is known for his hit films such as Mullum Mallarum, Jhonny and Uthiri Pookal among many others.
Chennai rains has got a lot of commoners into trouble, but even celebrities were hugely affected by the rains. Kollywood and Bollywood actor Siddharth took to Twitter and shared a picture of his flooded residence.
The actor tweeted, " House flooded. Moving to the terrace. God save Tamil Nadu. Bathrooms submerged. Water coming out of the drains. I am an affluent actor. This is my house. Imagine rest of TN."
He further tweeted, "Many people died in their cars in the Bombay floods because power windows and central locking jammed. Don't sit in broken down cars. #flood"
He posted pictures of his flooded house on Twitter. On Wednesday, he tweeted advice to his followers on what to do in case they were trapped in the floods and even volunteered help.
Siddharth @Actor "If you see anyone stuck in a broken down car waiting for the #rain to stop... Please evacuate them to higher ground. It is very unsafe. Siddharth" "Please send tweets to @rj_balaji & me. We are trying to contact groups to spread information for stranded people. Every message/call counts."
Actresses Shruti Hassan and Soundarya Rajnikanth (daughter of Rajnikanth) have tweeted out helpline numbers and shared their prayers on Twitter AR Rahman also shared his prayers on Twitter: "@arrahman Oh god, please keep my Chennai and its people safe from the floods."
(With additional inputs from TNN)