TRIBUTE PAID TO VETERAN ACTOR
A.K HANGAL
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Bollywood’s
distinguished character artist A.K. Hangal, who endeared himself to the
audience by playing the role of the lovable old man in films like Sholay,
Shaukeen and Namak Haram, died on sunday following a brief illness.
The
95-year-old actor passed away at 9 a.m. on 25th August,2012, at the
Asha Parekh Hospital in suburban Santacruz in Mumbai, where he was admitted on
August 16 after fracturing his thigh bone.Best known for his one-liner from
blockbuster Sholay — Itna sannaata kyun hai bhai (why
so much silence is there), Hangal entered Bollywood when he was in his 40s and
went on to act in over 200 films.
“This
is really a sad thing...now I am left all alone. I have no words to describe
his loss,” his son Vijay told\. “He was a strong man...he has been a
great support to me,” he said.Avtaar Veenit Kishan Hangal was born in a
Kashmiri Pandit family in Sialkot (Pakistan) and came to the city of dreams —
Mumbai — at the age of 21.He made an impressive mark as the old man who gets up
and joins the troupe in the song Ghanan Ghanan, where he sang one
line Kale Megha Kale Megha Pani To Barsao in Aamir
Khan-starrer Lagaan.The actor, who was honoured with the Padma
Bhushan for his contribution to Hindi cinema in 2006, was in the news last year
for living a life in penury.His son Vijay, a retired still cameraman in
Bollywood, appealed for help after failing to meet Hangal’s medical expenses.
Several Bollywood celebrities like the Bachchans, producer-director Vipul Shah,
and actors Mithun Chakraborty, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan came forward to help
him.Recently, he returned to face the studio lights after several years for TV
seriesMadhubala.
Prof.
John Kurakar
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