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Veteran Bollywood actor Avtar Kishan Hangal aka AK Hangal passed away here today. He was 95. Hangal was admitted to Asha Parekh Hospital in Santa Cruz in suburban Mumbai on August 16, after he slipped and fell in his bathroom, fracturing his right thigh bone, on August 13. Hangal, who had been in and out of hospital since the last few years, suffered from several ailments including tuberculosis, high blood pressure and kidney dysfunction. Doctors attending to him felt that he needed to be operated on but considering his advanced age it was decided that he was not fit for surgery. Hangal had participated in the country's freedom struggle before he joined the Hindi film industry. He has acted in over 200 films which included 'Sholay', 'Bawarchi', 'Aaina' and 'Namak Haram' Recently, he was seen in a TV show called 'Madhubala'.

Actor AK Hangal passes away