Highlights

  • Veteran actor Achyut Potdar passes away
  • Known for films like 3 Idiots, Dabangg 2, Ferrari Ki Sawaari
  • Famous for his TV roles in Bharat Ki Khoj, Pradhan Mantri, Wagle Ki Duniya

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Veteran actor Achyut Potdar dies at a hospital

Actor Achyut Potdar, celebrated for roles in films like “3 Idiots”, “Dabangg 2” and TV shows such as “Bharat Ki Khoj”, has passed away in his 90s at a Mumbai hospital.

Veteran actor Achyut Potdar dies at a hospital

Actor Achyut Potdar, best known for his roles in TV shows and films like “Bharat Ki Khoj”, “Pradhan Mantri”, “3 Idiots”, has died at a hospital here. He was in his 90s.

Actor Achyut Potdar was admitted to Jupiter Hospital around 4 pm. He was declared dead on Monday a source said.

Potdar played supporting roles in many iconic films and TV shows “Aandolan”, “Wagle Ki Duniya”, “Dabangg 2”, and “Ferrari Ki Sawaari”.

His brief appearance of a professor in Rajkumar Hirani’s “3 Idiots” (2019), and his dialogue ‘Kehna Kya Chahte Ho’ became one of the fan favourite moments from the Aamir Khan-starrer movie and has been recreated in pop culture time and again through memes.

Details regarding the cause behind his demise and last rites are yet to be known.

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