Veteran Marathi Actor Atul Parchure Passes Away At 57

Marathi actor Atul Parchure passed away at the age of 57. His untimely death has left the Marathi film industry in mourning. 

Atul Parchure was not only well-known in Marathi cinema and theatre but also appeared in Bollywood films.

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Veteran Marathi actor Atul Parchure passed away on Monday after a long battle with cancer. He was 57. Although he had reportedly overcome the illness last year and resumed shooting, his untimely death has left the Marathi film industry in mourning. Atul Parchure’s family has not yet made an official statement about his death.

Marathi actor Atul Parchure dies

Parchure was not only well-known in Marathi cinema and theatre but also appeared in Bollywood films, including ‘Billu’ with Shah Rukh Khan, ‘Partner’ with Salman Khan, and ‘All The Best’ with Ajay Devgn.

In an interview, Atul shared that doctors had discovered a 5 cm tumor in his liver last year, sharing his health challenges. “I had completed 25 years of my wedding. I was fine when we went to Australia and New Zealand. But after a few days, I wasn’t able to eat anything. I felt nauseous, and knew something was wrong. My brother later gave me some medicine but they didn’t help me. After visiting many doctors, I was asked to get ultrasonography done. When the doctor did it, I saw fear in his eyes and I felt there was something wrong. I was told I have a tumor about 5 centimeters long in my liver and that it is cancerous. I asked him whether I would recover or not, and he said, ‘Yes, you will'," he had said.

Atul also shared that he was misdiagnosed, which led to various health complications. “My first procedure after being diagnosed went wrong. My pancreas got affected, and I started having issues. The wrong treatment actually worsened the condition. I couldn’t even walk. I used to fumble while talking. In such a condition, the doctor asked me to wait for one and a half months. They said if they do the surgery, I’d get jaundice for years and my liver will be watery or I wouldn’t survive. Later, I changed doctors and took proper medication and chemotherapy," he said.

About Atul Parchure

Atul Parchure featured in several Bollywood films, including ‘Salaam-E-Ishq’, ‘Kalyug’, and ‘Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani’. On television, he gained fame through shows such as ‘Comedy Nights with Kapil’, ‘Comedy Circus’, and ‘R K Laxman Ki Duniya’.