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Well-known Bollywood comedian Razak Khan, who played comic roles in around 100 movies in the past 25 years, passed away following a heart attack, a family member said.
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Well-known Bollywood comedian Razak Khan, who played comic roles in around 100 movies in the past 25 years, passed away following a heart attack, a family member said.
His brother Shehzad Khan made the announcement in a Facebook post on Wednesday morning, triggering a wave of condolences on social networking sites.
Khan suffered a massive heart attack around 12.30 a.m. on Wednesday and was rushed to Holy Family Hospital, Bandra, where he was pronounced dead on admission.
His son, Asad, who is working in Croatia, is expected to reach here later on Wednesday and the funeral shall be performed at the Nariyalwadi Cemetary, Byculla on Thursday afternoon.
Tall, thin and lanky, with a hippie style haircut, Razak Khan was first seen in Roop Ki Rani, Choron Ka Raja in 1993, and later appeared in comic roles in many movies.
More than his real name, his screen character names — Lucky Chikna, Keshav, Manikchand, Fainku, Babu Bisleri, Ninja Chacha, Popatwala — became his trademark as he enacted memorable comic scenes besides some of the biggest actors.
Among his notable roles were in movies like Kyaa Kool Hain Hum series, don Kabira’s sidekick in Baadshah, Raja Hindustani, Hello Brother, Hera Pheri, Phir Hera Pheri, Bhagam Bhaag, Ankhiyon Se Goli Mare, Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, Loha and Ishq.
Bollywood took to Twitter to mourn the death of Khan:
A very nice person n talented actor .May ur soul rest in peace razak bhai pic.twitter.com/D4lIf6ZtVX
— KAPIL (@KapilSharmaK9) June 1, 2016
NINJA CHACHA thank you for always making us all laugh with your brilliant performances!! U will be missed a lot sir! RIP #RazakKhan
— Sooraj Pancholi (@soorajpancholi9) June 1, 2016
Saddened to hear of the sudden demise of co actor & good friend #RazakKhan! Our ‘Popat’ laundry guy from the KKHH series will be missed!RIP
— Tusshar (@TusshKapoor) June 1, 2016
दिल बैठ गया ये ख़बर सुनके। मेरे दोस्त #RazakKhan अब नहीं रहे।I have no words…you will be sorely missed brother. #RIP
— Rajpal Yadav (@rajpalofficial) June 1, 2016
R I P. Razak Khan,a colleague of many a film. Condolences to all concerned! pic.twitter.com/5QXYVYBN4M
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) June 1, 2016
Funny man Razak Khan has also passed away. May his soul rest in peace…
— Arshad Warsi (@ArshadWarsi) June 1, 2016
Memories from the 90s #RazzakKhan #GoodBye https://t.co/zfYciBrohf
— SuperGullu (@gulshandevaiah) June 1, 2016
Shocked to hear abt sudden demise of Razzak Khan bhai.he made his debut in my first film https://t.co/B8OWlrH452..pic.twitter.com/jLferjE2qm
— satish kaushik (@satishkaushik2) June 1, 2016
Vikas Mohan yesterday , Razzak Khan today .. We are losing a lot of good people. Hope the families find strength in these times.
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) June 1, 2016
RIP the inimitable Razak Khan “@chaiwithbhaipod: Entourage #razakkhan #goldenbhai #actionjackson pic.twitter.com/0knaY7XOZz”
— sushant singh (@sushant_says) June 1, 2016
Sad to hear about passing away of Razzak Khan. His finest performance in ‘Dubai Return’ with @irrfan_k unfortunately remains in the cans.
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) June 1, 2016
Saddened to hear about #RazzakKhan‘s sudden demise. RIP you crazy man & Thank You for the laughs. Met him in London once.
— Devansh Patel (@PatelDevansh) June 1, 2016
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