Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’s Nattu Kaka Aka Ghanshyam Nayak Diagnosed With Cancer; Resumes Shoot Amid Chemotherapy

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah actor battles cancer: The senior actor underwent surgery last year after eight knots were found in his neck.

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Nattu Kaka Aka Ghanshyam Nayak Diagnosed With Cancer

In an unfortunate turn of events, actor Ghanshyam Nayak, who plays Nattu kaka in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma has revealed that he has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun chemotherapy sessions after a recent test revealed new knots in his neck.

The actor, however is positive and glad to be back on the show amid his chemo sessions.

Speaking to Dainik Bhaskar, the 77-year-old shared that he is ‘positive’ in life and was excited to be back on set. As per the actor, the current plot has Nattu Kaka going back to his village and then chatting with Jethalal (Dilip Joshi) on video call. Nayak shared that while it was just a day’s work in Daman, he is now looking forward for shoots to resume in Mumbai so that he can be back on the Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah set.

Meanwhile, Ghanshyam's son Vikas told the Hindi daily, "He is not facing any problem, but we did not want to take risk. We just need to take papa to hospital once a month for the sessions. I hope the spots are gone by the time we go for his test again next month."

Earlier, Ghanashyam Nayak had spoken up about reports of him facing a financial crisis during lockdown. In an interview to Times of India, the actor denied being bankrupt and said that the Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah team was looking after him. “I  am neither unemployed nor suffering from any financial woes,” the actor had said.