Veteran actor Sunil Shende, who was seen in Aamir Khan’s ‘Sarfarosh’ and Shah Rukh Khan's TV series Circus, passed away on November 14 in his Mumbai home.
The actor, who was in his 70s, breathed his last at his Vile Parle residence here, film and music critic Pavan Jha told PTI.
“He died at his residence in Vile Parle at 1 am last night and his body was cremated this afternoon at the Hindu crematorium in Parshiwada,” Jha said.
The cause of Shende's death was not immediately known.
Shende started with a small role in ‘Gandhi'. In his career of over 30 years, Shende was known for essaying supporting characters in movies such as "Khal Nayak", "Ghayaal", "Ziddi", "Daud", "Magan" and "Viruddh".
He played the deputy commissioner of police in Aamir Khan-starrer "Sarfarosh", and an inept politician in Rohit Shetty's "Zameen", headlined by Ajay Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan.
His co-star Rajesh Tailang took to Twitter to condole his demise. He wrote, “Great actor and and a great human being ...Shri Sunil Shende is no more.I was fortunate enough to get a chance to work with him in the serial Shanti, I played his son. Babuji saadar shraddhanjali”
Cine & TV Artistes Association also took to Twitter to condole the actor’s death. The tweet read, “#CINTAA expresses its condolences on the demise of Sunil Shende (Non - Member) . #cintaa #condolences #rip #ripsunilshinde #restinpeace #heartfeltcondolences #condolencestothefamily.”