Panchayat Actor Aasif Khan Suffers Heart Attack


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Aasif
Khan/Instagram

Aasif
Khan,
known
for
appearing
in
popular
series

Panchayat

and

Pataal
Lok
,
is
on
the
road
to
recovery
after
suffering
a
heart
attack,
a
source
said.
The
actor
is
currently
recuperating
at
the
Kokilaben
Dhirubhai
Ambani
Hospital
in
Mumbai.

The
34-year-old
actor
took
to
Instagram
and
said
he
is
recovering
well.

‘Over
the
past
few
hours,
I’ve
been
dealing
with
some
health
issues
that
required
hospitalisation.
I’m
grateful
to
share
that
I’m
now
on
the
road
to
recovery
and
feeling
much
better,’
he
wrote.

‘I
truly
appreciate
all
the
love,
concern
and
well
wishes.
Your
support
means
the
world
to
me.
I’ll
be
back
soon
until
then
thank
you
for
keeping
me
in
your
thoughts.’

IMAGE:
Aasif
Khan
with
his

Panchayat

co-actors
Aanchal
Tiwari,
Jitendra
Kumar
and
Sanvikaa.

Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Aasif
Khan/Instagram

In
an
earlier
post,
the
actor
talked
about
‘life
being
short’.

‘Realising
after
watching
this
for
the
past
36
hours
Life
is
short,
don’t
take
one
day
for
granted,
everything
can
change
in
a
moment,
be
grateful
for
all
you
have
and
all
that
you
are,’
he
said.

As
an
actor,
Khan
has
appeared
in
many
shows
and
movies.
He
essayed
the
role
of
Ganesh
in
the
first
three
seasons
of

Panchayat
.

In
the
first
season
of

Paatal
Lok
,
he
played
Kabir
M,
one
of
four
suspects
accused
of
conspiring
to
murder
a
high-profile
journalist.
Khan
also
starred
in
the
first
two
seasons
of

Mirzapur
,
portraying
the
role
of
Babar,
an
ally
of
Ali
Fazal’s
Guddu
Bhaiya.

In
movies,
the
actor
has
played
supporting
parts
in

Toilet:
Ek
Prem
Katha,
Pagglait,
The
Great
Indian
Family

and
most
recently,

Bhootnii
.


Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff