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Veteran actor Achyut Potdar died at a hospital in Mumbai on Monday. He was 90.
Potdar, known for films like “Bharat Ek Khoj”, “Pradhan Mantri”, “3 Idiots”, was admitted to Jupiter Hospital around 4 pm on Monday and was declared dead at 10.30 pm. He was suffering from heart ailment.
“He was admitted to the hospital in a critical state with breathing and heart issues on Monday around 4 pm. He was kept in the ICU. He passed away at 10:30 pm due to heart related issues as he had high BP and weak cardiovascular health,” Dr Ravindra Ghawat, Director, Criminal Care Department, Jupiter Hospital, said.
Potdar played supporting roles in many films and TV shows such as “Tezaab”, “Parineeta”, “Aandolan”, “Wagle Ki Duniya”, “Dabangg 2”, and “Ferrari Ki Sawaari”.
His brief appearance of a professor in Rajkumar Hirani’s “3 Idiots” (2019), and his dialogue ‘Kehna Kya Chahte Ho’ became one of the fan favourite moments from the Aamir Khan-starrer movie and has been recreated in pop culture time and again through memes.
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