Filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh's cross-dressing style and fascination for make-up has left him with an eye infection.

"Was suffering from a strange itching, irritation in the left eye for the last few weeks and was trying to ease it with gallons of I-tone.

Nothing seemed to work. Saw an optician today. It's an infection due to accumulated eye make-up at both corners (inside) of my eyes. Under medication to help cleanse eyes, " Ghosh posted on his Twitter page Wednesday.

The acclaimed Bengali filmmaker, who has movies like "Chokher Bali", "Antarmahal" and "Dosar" to his credit, also has a "moral of the story" to share with his friends and fans.

"Anybody more or less obsessed than me with eye make-up, please take care to cleanse eye corners properly, " he added.