Noted, Veteran actor Ravi Patwardhan passes away at 84 after suffering a cardiac arrest last night around 9-9.30 pm. He had some breathing issues and had a seizure at home so we rushed him immediately to the hospital. He stopped responding and within half-an-hour, we lost him,” Niranjan Patwardhan told PTI on Sunday. The actor was admitted to a Mumbai hospital on Saturday (December 5) after having trouble breathing. The actor had suffered a heart attack earlier this year in March.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray took to Twitter to pay his last respects to the veteran actor. He paid tribute to the veteran actor who gave “weight” to character roles with his acting.
रवी पटवर्धन यांच्या निधनाने चरित्र भूमिकेला आपल्या अभिनयाने “भारदस्तपणा” मिळवून देणाऱ्या ज्येष्ठ अभिनेत्याला आपण मुकलो आहोत अशा शब्दांत मुख्यमंत्री उद्धव बाळासाहेब ठाकरे यांनी श्रद्धांजली वाहिली आहे.
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) December 6, 2020
Veteran Actor Ravi Patwardhan Passes Away
Ravi Patwardhan was born on September 6, 1937. He is known for films like Ankush (Hindi), Ashya Asawya Suna (Marathi), Umbartha (Marathi), Tejab (Hindi), and Jyotiba Phule (Marathi). During his lifetime, Patwardhan exhibited his acting skills in 150 plays and 200 films. The actor Ravi Patwardhan had last played the role of a grandfather in a Marathi serial. The actor is survived by his wife, two children, daughter-in-law, daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren.