Actor Javed Khan Amrohi, known for 'Nukkad' and 'Lagaan', dies of lung failure
Mumbai, Feb 14: Veteran theatre and film actor Javed Khan Amrohi, best known for his roles in popular DD serial "Nukkad" and films such as "Lagaan" and "Chak De! India", died on Tuesday due to lung failure at a hospital here, according to his filmmaker Ramesh Talwar.
He was in his early 70s.
The veteran actor was suffering from breathing ailment and was bedridden for the past one year. He was undergoing treatment at Surya Nursing Home in suburban Mumbai, Talwar told PTI.
"He passed away at the hospital around 1 pm as both his lungs failed," he added.
Actor Akhilendra Mishra, Amrohi's frequent collaborator from his theatre days and co-star of "Lagaan", said he was ailing for a long time.
"He was my senior in theatre. He was an active member of IPTA (Indian People's Theatre Association) Mumbai since the 1970s," Mishra told PTI.
The actor's last rites will be performed at the Oshiwara Kabristan at 7.30 pm, he added.
Having started his career with theatre after graduating from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Amrohi appeared in smaller yet pivotal roles in over 150 films and close to a dozen TV shows.
He is best known for playing the barber Karim in the late 1980s TV show "Nukkad"; Anand Akela, one of the suitors of Raveena Tandon's character in "Andaz Apna Apna"; the cricket commentator in "Lagaan", and a support staff of the Indian Women's Hockey team in "Chak De! India".
Stage and film actor Danish Husain took to Twitter to pay condolences.
"Gutted to hear about #JavedKhanAmrohi Bhai's demise. This seems to be a season of farewell. Condolences to his family, friends, colleagues @iptamumbai #Nukkadd #Lagaan, and so on and so forth," Husain wrote.
Amrohi's other notable titles are '90s hit films such as "Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke", "Laadla", "Ishq", and the 1988 TV series "Mirza Ghalib". His last reported film credit was "Sadak 2" (2020), in which he reprised his role of Pakya from the 1991 original "Sadak".
The actor is survived by a son and a daughter.
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Body of Bihar Police personnel found hanging in barracks in Patna
Patna (PTI): The body of a Bihar Police personnel was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in his barracks here, a senior officer said on Sunday.
Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Kartikeya Sharma said a havildar with Bihar State Armed Police-1, popularly known as "Gorkha battalion", died allegedly by suicide as he had been suffering from some ailment.
The deceased left behind "two suicide notes", one in Hindi and the other in his native language Nepali.
"From the suicide notes, it appears that Navraj Sunar, the deceased havildar, had been suffering from some ailment which had caused him much mental anguish and may have driven him to take the extreme step," the SSP said.
The body was being sent to the native village of the deceased in Nepal after a post-mortem examination, while further investigations were on, with forensic experts inspecting the site of the incident.
