Actor-filmmaker Amitabh Dayal is no more! The actor, who starred with Amitabh Bachchan in Virrudh, passed away after suffering a heart attack this morning. He was 51. The news was confirmed by his wife and producer-filmmaker Mrinalini Patil to a leading daily. Amitabh was admitted to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai.
“He passed away at 4.30 am today, he was in the hospital for the last few days after suffering a massive heart attack on January 17. He then tested positive for Covid-19 but later on also tested negative,” the report quoted Mrinalini as saying. “We will be doing his last rites in Mumbai. Amitabh’s family is from Chhattisgarh so we are waiting for his relatives to come in before the funeral,” she added.
Amitabh, who was in the hospital for COVID-19 complications, had shared a post on his Instagram account recently saying he will be better soon. He had shared a video from the hospital, writing, "Never give up … god is waiting to give you the best keep fighting .love all A.D."
Amitabh made his name in the film industry with his work in films like Kagaar: Life on the Edge (2003) with Om Puri, Bhojpuri film Rangdari (2012), Raj Babbar’s Dhuaan (2013) and Amitabh Bachchan’s Virrudh (2005).
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