Veteran Actor Vishal Anand, Who Starred In Chalte Chalte, Dies At 82

Mumbai:

Veteran actor Vishal Anand, absolute best identified for that includes within the 1976 hit movie Chalte Chalte, passed on to the great beyond on Sunday following a protracted sickness, his circle of relatives mentioned in a commentary on Monday. He used to be 82. The actor, whose actual identify used to be Bhisham Kohli, seemed in numerous Hindi motion pictures within the 1970s, together with Hindustan Ki Kasam and Taxi Motive force. It used to be, then again, Chalte Chalte, additionally starring Simi Garewal, that earned Anand acclaim and popularity. In a commentary shared through Vishal Anand’s nephew, actor Purab Kohli, the circle of relatives mentioned the veteran celebrity passed on to the great beyond Sunday midday. “He used to be now not holding in just right well being because the closing couple of months. We would really like other people to keep in mind him from the 1976 super-hit track and film Chalte Chalte. Our prayers are with him, might he relaxation in peace. We kindly request contributors of the click and media to admire the circle of relatives”s privateness all over this unhappy time,” the circle of relatives mentioned within the commentary.

Vishal Anand had additionally produced Chalte Chalte and he’s credited for giving veteran song composer Bappi Lahiri his large ruin with the Sunder Dar directorial.

The songs from the mystery, together with Kishore Kumar’s Chalte Chalte Mere Ye Geet Yaad Rakhna and Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, sung through Shailendra and Lata Mangeshkar, went directly to transform chartbusters.

Vishal Anand additionally featured in Dil Se Mile Dil (1978) and directed the Mithun Chakraborty-starrer Kismet in 1980.

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