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February 18, 2010

Nirmal Pandey passes away


Critically-acclaimed actor Nirmal Pandey passed away today from a heart attack. He is best known for his performances in Bandit Queen, Iss Raat Ki Subah Nahin and Godmother. Pandey was a graduate of the National School of Drama. He began his career as a theatre actor. He got his break in films with Shekhar Kapoor's Bandit Queen. He portrayed a transvestite in Daayraa (1996) for which he won a Best Actress Valenti award in France. He also conducted theatre workshops. The Telugu movie Kedi, which released last week, was his last film.

3 comments:

Caulfield said...

Sad. He was a part of some very good films.

RIP.

Pardesi said...

RIP, sad indeed.

Neo said...

RIP . sad to see him getting lost in last few yrs .


btw cauli where are u this days ? trying to recover from shock of MNIK :P

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