Veteran actor Arun Bali passes away at 79 in Mumbai

Mumbai, October 07: Veteran actor Arun Bali, who was suffering from a rare neuromuscular disease myasthenia gravis, passed away on 7 October at the age of 79. The actor was also admitted to the Hirnandani Hospital in Mumbai earlier this year.

 

 

Myasthenia gravis is a type of autoimmune disorder, which occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. In people with myasthenia gravis, the body produces antibodies that block the muscle cells from receiving messages (neurotransmitters) from the nerve cells.

 

 

 

He played the part of King Porus in the 1991 period drama Chanakya, Kunwar Singh in the Doordarshan soap opera Swabhimaan and the Chief Minister of undivided Bengal, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, in the controversial and critically acclaimed 2000 film Hey Ram.

 

 

 

Arun Bali became known for his "grandfatherly" roles like that of Harshvardhan Wadhwa in Kumkum and has even garnered popular awards for the same in the 2000s. He is also a National Award-winning producer.

 

Bali was last seen in the Bollywood adaptation of Forrest Gump- Laal Singh Chaddha that released on 11 August 2022, as the old man in train.

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