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Volume 16 . Issue 72
Mumbai, July 13: Veteran actor Pran, who passed away on Friday night due to prolonged illness and multiple organ failure, was cremated at the Shivaji Park crematorium in Mumbai on Saturday.
His friends and well-wishes from the Hindi film industry, including actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Danny Denzongpa, Raza Murad, Shakti Kapoor, Tinu Anand and Anupam Kher, filmmaker Karan Johar and lyricist Gulzar, were present at the ceremony.
The 93-year-old actor, who strode the film industry like a colossus for decades essaying roles of mostly villains in the silver screen whom generations of cine goers would love to hate, breathed his last at around 8.30 pm at Lilavati Hospital.
He was admitted at Lilavati Hospital for months.
Pran or Pran Kishan Sikand was conferred the highest film honour of India, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, for his lifetime achievement this year at his home since he was ailing, while throughout his acting career he received many accolades, including several Filmfare awards.
Mumbai, July 13: Veteran actor Pran, who passed away on Friday night due to prolonged illness and multiple organ failure, was cremated at the Shivaji Park crematorium in Mumbai on Saturday. His friends and well-wishes from the Hindi film industry, including actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan...
Mumbai, July 13: Veteran actor Pran, who passed away on Friday night due to prolonged illness and multiple organ failure, was cremated at the Shivaji Park crematorium in Mumbai on Saturday.
His friends and well-wishes from the Hindi film industry, including actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Danny Denzongpa, Raza Murad, Shakti Kapoor, Tinu Anand and Anupam Kher, filmmaker Karan Johar and lyricist Gulzar, were present at the ceremony.
The 93-year-old actor, who strode the film industry like a colossus for decades essaying roles of mostly villains in the silver screen whom generations of cine goers would love to hate, breathed his last at around 8.30 pm at Lilavati Hospital.
He was admitted at Lilavati Hospital for months.
Pran or Pran Kishan Sikand was conferred the highest film honour of India, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, for his lifetime achievement this year at his home since he was ailing, while throughout his acting career he received many accolades, including several Filmfare awards.
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