Guwahati: An actor from the movie Mirzapur Shahnawaz Pradhan passed away on Friday. He was 56. It was confirmed by Actor Yashpal Sharma.
According to Yashpal, Shahnawaz suffered a heart attack and passed away. The unfortunate incident took place in Mumbai at a award ceremony.
“Today attended this program in Mumbai… Everything was going great… Ridz Dime Darrell ji’s and hundreds of artists were present but shortly after receiving the award our beloved artist Shahnawaz had an attack… The whole program stopped with the help of the people and the doctor picked him up early and taken to the car downstairs to Kokila Ben Hospital which was the closest but no one could save him and he passed away,” Yashpal wrote on Instagram.
Rajesh Tailang who collaborated with Shahnawaz in Mirzapur posted an emotional tribute to Instagram after getting the information of his passing.
“Shahnawaz bhai aakhiri salaam !!! Kya gazab ke zaheen insaan aur kitne behatar adaakar the aap. Mirzapur ke dauran kitna sundar waqt guzara aapke saath, Yaqeen nahin ho raha (sic),” Rajesh wrote.
Shahnawaz is well recognised for hosting films like Aurangzeb, Phantom and 24 others in addition to Mirzapur.