Actor Shreeram Lagoo passes away

Veteran actor and theatre personality Shreeram Lagoo passed away on Tuesday at a private hospital in Pune. He was 92.

Lagoo had worked in over 100 Hindi and Marathi films, and over 40 Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati plays. He also directed over 20 plays in Marathi. He won the 1978 Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for the Hindi film ‘Gharaonda’.

He is best known for his role in the Marathi play ‘Natasamrat’. Lagoo had a background as a doctor and used to practice medicine and surgery in Pune, India and Tabora, Tanzania in the 1960s.

When his theatre career took off in 1969, he became a full-time actor. He has a legendary status in Marathi cinema. Some of his Hindi films as an actor include ‘Kishen Kanhaiya’ (1990), ‘Khuddar’ (1994) and ‘Hahakaar’.

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