Actor and theatre personality Shrivallabh Vyas passed away on Sunday, 7 January, after suffering from a prolonged illness, as India Today reported. The actor was 60 years old.
Vyas was best known for his role in Ashutosh Gowariker’s ‘Lagaan’ and had appeared in over 60 Hindi films with occasional stints in regional cinema, television shows and theatre. He was an alumnus of the National School of Drama in Delhi.
Vyas had to take a break from acting in 2008, after he collapsed in his hotel room in Gujarat, reported The Indian Express. Some of Vyas’s best known films are ‘Sarfarosh’, ‘Abhay’, ‘Aan: Men at Work’, ‘Shool’, ‘Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero’ and ‘Sankat City’.
Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Irrfan Khan were helping the family take care of the expenses of medical bills, said India Today.
Daya Shankar Pandey, a film and television actor and a friend of the family, confirmed the news of Vyas’s death to The Indian Express.
In 2013, Vyas’s wife Shobha had said that barely anyone from the film fraternity has helped the family during its tough times which began after Vyas collapsed at a film set, reported Times of India.
Shobha said that Irrfan Khan and Manoj Bajpai helped the family, yet no one from the government had reached out to help them.
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