Veteran actor Vikram Gokhale passed away at the age of 77 after suffering from multiorgan failure. Akshay Kumar and other Bollywood stars mourn the loss.
Veteran actor Vikram Gokhale left all of us on November 26 (Saturday). The actor was hospitalized at Pune's Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital for some time and now has succumbed to it after suffering from multiple organ failure. He was 77 and was seen in many popular Bollywood movies like 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam', 'Mission Mangal', 'Aiyaary', 'Bhool Bhulaiya' and others. He is survived by his wife and two children. Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has expressed his condolences and tweeted about the demise.
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Vikram Gokhale's mortal remains will be kept at the Balgandharva Auditorium in the city and the last rites will be performed at the Vaikunth crematorium in the evening, a family friend of the actor said.
Earlier in the day, the health of the veteran actor slightly deteriorated, the hospital authorities, where he is undergoing treatment, said. "Noted actor Vikram Gokhale continues to be on ventilator support and (his health has) slightly deteriorated further. He is back on BP support medication," said Shirish Yadkikar, spokesperson of the hospital.
On Friday, the thespian was showing slow but steady improvement, following which the doctors said that he is likely to be off the ventilator support in 48 hours. However, his health deteriorated today and he passed away.
Vikram Gokhale made his film debut at the age of 26 in 1971 in Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 'Parwana'. Over a career spanning more than 40 years, Gokhale has appeared in various Marathi and Bollywood films. He was last seen in 'Nikamma' alongside Shilpa Shetty and Abhimanyu Dassani. The film hit the theatres in June this year.
He was the son of prominent Marathi theatre and cinema actor, Chandrakhant Gokhale. Other than starring in films, Gokhale was a brilliant director. He wore the director's hat in 2010 with Marathi film "Aaghaat". He won the National Film Award for Best Actor category for his Marathi film "Anumati" and was also conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2011 for his Acting in Theatre.
Veteran actor Vikram Gokhale passes away at the age of 82. He was admitted to Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune due to health complications. He was a renowned and celebrated face of the Hindi and Marathi film industries.
Gokhale made his debut with the film Parwana with Amitabh Bacchan in 1971. He has worked in some of the finest Bollywood and Marathi films, including the 1990 Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 'Agneepath' and the 1999 film 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' starring Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
The National Award-winning actor was last seen in Abhimanyu Dassani and Shilpa Shetty-starrer Nikamma, which was released in theatres in June this year.
Vikram Gokhale is survived by his wife Vrushali Gokhle and two daughters.
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Here is a list of some his most famous Bollywood movies:
Khuda Gawah
- Released -- 1992
- Director- Mukul S Anand
- Cast- Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Nagarjuna, Danny, Vikram Gokhale, more.
Agneepath
- Released- 1990
- Director- Mukul S Anand
- Cast- Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Danny, Neelam Kothari, Vikram Gokhale, more.
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
- This romantic musical film came out in 1999.
- Director- Sanjay Leela Bhasali
- Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Salmaan Khan, Ajay Devgan, Samita Jaykar, Vikram Gokhale and more.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
- Realeased in- 2007
- Genre- Comedy horror
- Director- Priyadarshan, Anees Bazmee
- Cast- Ashkay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Amisha Patel, Vikram Gokhale, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, and more.
Mission Mangal
- Released-- 2019
- Director-- Jagan Shakti
- Cast-- Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Nithya Menen, Vikram Gokhale, more.
Ladla
- Released -- March 1994
- Director- Raj Kanwar
- Cast- Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Raveena Tandon, Anupam Kher, Vikram Gokhale, more.
Dil se
- Released -- 1998
- Director- Mani Ratnam
- Cast- Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta, Malaika Arora, Vikram Gokhale, more.
