Nitesh Pandey Death News: ‘Om Shanti Om’ and ‘Anupamaa’ actor Nitesh Pandey dies of cardiac arrest at 51- Exclusive |

Just in! The TV Industry is reeling with shock after shock. In three days, three actors have left the world of living. We have just heard that Nitesh Pandey who played Dheeraj Kumar in Anupamaa is no more. The actor (51) suffered a massive cardiac arrest at 2 am today in Igatpuri near Nashik, he had gone there for a shoot. He is believed to have died almost immediately after the cardiac arrest happened.

Nitesh’s brother-in-law, Producer Siddharth Nagar, confirmed the news when contacted. Nagar said, “Yes you have heard it right. My brother-in-law is no more, my sister Arpita Pandey is in a state of shock. Nitesh’s father has left for Igatpuri to get his mortal remains. They should be here by the afternoon. We have gone absolutely numb, I have not been able to even talk to Arpita after the tragedy.”
Siddharth added, “I am headed to Igatpuri as well, I am in the train right now. I was coming back from Delhi when I heard about this. Nitesh was much younger than me. He was a very lively person and I don’t think he had a history of any heart ailment.”
Nitesh was earlier married to Ashwini Kalsekar who is now married to Murli Sharma. Nitesh is known for playing Shah Rukh’s assistant in ‘Om Shanti Om’. Nitesh was seen in many other films (‘Dabangg 2’, ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla‘ and TV serials. His recent works were ‘Indiawaali Maa‘, ‘Anupamaa’ and so on.
We at ETimes TV stand by Arpita Pandey, Siddharth Nagar and their family in their hour of crisis.
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