TV show Nukkad’s Veteran actor Javed Khan Amrohi passes away: Javed Khan Amrohi, a seasoned theatre and cinema actor best known for his parts in the well-liked DD series Nukkad and movies like Lagaan and Chak De! India, went suddenly at the age of 70. After graduating from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Amrohi appeared in smaller yet pivotal roles in over 150 films and close to a dozen TV shows. He is best known for playing the barber Karim in the late 1980s TV show Nukkad; Anand Akela, one of the suitors of Raveena Tandon’s character in Andaz Apna Apna; the cricket commentator in Lagaan, and a support staff of the Indian Women’s Hockey team in Chak De! India.
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Other significant works by Amrohi include the popular 1990s movies Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke, Laadla, and Ishq, as well as the 1988 TV series Mirza Ghalib. His last reported film credit was Sadak 2 (2020), in which he reprised his role of Pakya from the 1991 original Sadak. He appeared in famous TV shows from the 80s and 90s such as Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984), Nukkad (1986), Mirza Ghalib (1988), Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai (1995), Ghar Jamai (1997), Powder, Kirdaar, Vishnu Puran and even the iconic show Shaktimaan.