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News Peepli Live Actor Sitaram Panchal Passes Away
Peepli Live Actor Sitaram Panchal Passes Away
Sitaram Panchal passed away after long battle with cancer.
Aug 10, 2017, 3:14 pm ISTNewsJhakaasMovies Staff
Bollywood actor Sitaram Panchal breathed his last around 7.45 AM today. Sitaram was suffering from lung cancer. He was 54. He was known for his roles in Peepli Live and Paan Singh Tomar. Panchal, who made his debut with Bandit Queen in 1994, had appeared in movies like Jolly LLB 2, The Legend Of Bhagat Singh and Slumdog Millionaire among others.
According to reports, the actor complained of breathlessness early in the morning and was rushed to a hospital, where he passed away around 7 am. Panchal was suffering from kidney and lung cancer since 2014. Sitaram also faced financial crisis and had made an appeal to his fans and friends through social media to support him with the treatment.
"Bhaio meri help karo meri cancer se halat kharab hoti ja rahi hai apka kalakar bhai sitaram panchal," he had written.
According to a report in Hindustan Times, Sitaram only took Ayurvedic medicines and hadn't used allopathy to treat cancer.
