Shailesh Lodha, Bhavya Gandhi and others pay their last respect to Kavi Kumar Azaad, see pics

Television actor Kavi Kumar Azad who plays the role of Dr Hansraj Hathi in ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma’ breathed his last on July 9.

The sudden demise of the actor has left the TV industry and fans in a state of shock. breathed his last on Monday after suffering a cardiac arrest. The shoot of the show at Film City has been cancelled after the team learnt of this shocking news.

The actor has cremated at the Mira Road (East) Crematorium.

Apart from family, his co-stars from the show Champak Lal Gada (Amit Bhatt), Taarak Mehta (Shailesh Lodha), Anjali Taarak Mehta (Neha Mehta), Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide (Mandar Chandwarkar), Sonu (Nidhi Bhanushali), Roshan Singh Sodi (Gurucharan Singh), Roshan Singh Sodi (Jennifer Mistry), Popatlal Pandey (Shyam Pathak), Abdul (Sharad Sankla), Rita Reporter ( Priya Ahuja Rajda),  Inspector Chalu Pandey ( Daya Shanker Pandey), Tapu (Bhavya Gandhi), Pinku (Azhar Shaikh) were present for the actor’s last rites.

Checkout the pictures here:

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Kavi was playing the role of Dr Haathi on the show for 8 years. Apart from that, the actor has also appeared in movies like Mela, Fun2sh, Jodha Akbar, and Kyon Ki.

The actor was unwell for three days and slipped into a coma last night. He breathed his last an hour ago. He was admitted in Wokhardt Hospital at Mira Road.

May his soul rest in peace!