Actor Navtej Hundal, who most recently appeared in Aditya Dhar's "Uri: The Surgical Strike", is dead.
Navtej, who played the home minister in "Uri...", died on Monday, said actor Sushant Singh, General Secretary of the Cine And Television Artistes Association (CINTAA).
The official Twitter page of CINTAA read: "CINTAA expresses its deepest condolence on the demise of Navtej Hundal. May his soul rest in peace."
#CINTAA expresses it’s deepest condolence on the demise of Shri Navtej Hundal.
— CINTAA_Official (@CintaaOfficial) April 8, 2019
May his soul Rest in Peace
The cremation is at Oshiwara Crematorium, Relief Rd, Prakash Nagar, Dnyaneshwar Nagar, Jogeshwari (W) at 11 am.@sushant_says @amitbehl1 @SuneelSinha @ayubnasirkhan pic.twitter.com/00kmfEUrML
Dhar also expressed condolences.
Navtej is survived by two daughters and wife. One of his daughters, Avantika Hundal is a TV actress. She plays a pivotal role in the show "Yeh Hai Mohabbatein".
Deeply saddened to know about the sad demise of my friend #NavtejHundal. We did so many plays together during our initial years in Mumbai. He was always positive and had the most infectious smile. Will miss him and his optimism. My condolences to his family. Om Shanti.🙏 pic.twitter.com/aAPwzpEupg
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) April 9, 2019
He himself had appeared in movies like "Khalnayak" and "Tere Mere Sapne", and used to take acting classes for students.