Who Is Shahnawaz Pradhan? The Mirzapur Actor Who Passed Away During An Award Function In Mumbai
Mirzapur actor Shahnawaz Pradhan passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest during an award function. Know all about him!
[Trigger Warning: This article contains textual references to death. Reader's discretion is strictly advised.]
Actor Shahnawaz Pradhan passed away in an unsettling way on February 17th. Pradhan suffered a heart attack while attending an award function in Mumbai when he was rushed to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital. Just a few minutes before his demise, the 56-year-old artist complained of severe chest pain.
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Unfortunately, doctors couldn¡¯t save him and Pradhan left for his heavenly abode.
Coincidentally, TV actress Surbhi Tiwari was also present at the same hospital for her brother¡¯s treatment. As per Navbharat times, ¡°She saw Shahnawaz being taken inside a room on a stretcher. He was also placed right next to her brother. The actress told the media portal how she heard the doctors say they were not able to find any pulse in Shahnawaz. His heart was also not responding to any treatment.¡±
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¡°The people who brought the actor to the hospital told the doctors that they were at a function where Shahnawaz suffered a heart attack and collapsed. Surbhi also learnt that Shahnawaz had a bypass surgery a couple of months ago¡±. The last rights of Pradhan were held on 18th February in Mazgaon around 12.30 pm.
Who is Shahnawaz Pradhan?
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Shahnawaz has played character roles in multiple successful projects like MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, Phantom, Raaes, Mirzapur, Tota Weds Maina and many others. He also starred in the web series The Family Man and Hostages including the TV show Krishna and 24 among others.
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Rajesh Tailang who worked with Shahnawaz in Mirzapur mourned his death and wrote on Instagram, "Shahnawaz bhai aakhiri salaam !!! Kya gazab ke zaheen insaan aur kitne behatar adaakar the aap. Mirzapur ke dauran kitna sundar waqt guzara aapke saath, Yaqeen nahin ho raha (sic)."
Lagaan actor Yashpal Sharma took to Instagram and wrote in Hindi, "Today attended this program in Mumbai... Everything was going great... Ridz Dime Darrell Ji and hundreds of artists were present but shortly after receiving the award our beloved artist Shahnawaz had an attack... The whole program stopped with the help of the people and the doctor picked him up early and took him to the car downstairs to Kokila Ben Hospital which was the closest but no one could save him and he passed away (sic)."
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"This is the bitter truth of our life.... in which arrogance does a person live and what is life... Well, the program ended well but life is gone... So many artists gathered in one place and life ended before our eyes... Feeling something empty... Salute to Rita Ki. So many people met at one place but one person left, this sorrow will continue to linger for my whole life... May his soul rest in peace and courage to the family," Yashpal added.
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