B-Town villain and comic Sadashiv Amrapurkar in critical state

Mail Today  |   October 27, 2014 | UPDATED 11:00 IST

 

Versatile actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar, best known for playing negative roles, has been put on life support at a hospital in Mumbai. While his condition was said to be critical till late Sunday afternoon, according to doctors and media reports, his daughter said that Sadashiv was "stable" later in the evening. "He is stable right now and has shown signs of improvement. His body is responding well to the ventilators," his daughter Reema Amrapurkar said, adding that he is currently in the intensive care unit.

 

He is stable right now and has shown signs of improvement.
The 64-year-old actor, known for his performances in films like Sadak and Ardh Satya among others, was admitted to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (KDAH) in Mumbai two weeks back after he developed a serious lung infection. "Sadashiv has been hospitalised for the past two weeks. He is suffering from complete respiratory failure and is critical. A team of doctors is doing its best to ensure his recovery," the chief operating officer at KDAH, Dr Santosh Shetty, had said on Saturday.
Amrapurkar was last seen on the big screen in Bombay Talkies in 2012. On Sunday evening, rumours about his death started to appear on social media websites after some tweets about the same started doing the rounds. Actor Tusshar Kapoor too tweeted, "RIP Sadashiv Amrapurkar." In fact, some fans in Mirzapur even paid their tributes to the bollywood actor on late Sunday evening by lighting candles in front of his photo at a public gathering.
The rumours, however, could not be confirmed till late Sunday evening. Confusion seemed to prevail as hospital officials reportedly told some journalists that the actor had passed away even as family members claimed that Sadashiv was alive and improving. While Ahmednagar-born Sadashiv is most recognised for his negatives roles in films like Sadak-for which he won a Filmfare award in 1992, he has also been appreciated for his comic timing in films such as Aankhen.

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