Roopa Ganguly Breaks down on passing away of Pankaj Dheer

The sad passing away of Pankaj Dheer, Karan in Mahabharat upset Roopa Ganguly, who played the iconic Draupadi in Mahabharat
She couldn’t imagine he left us at this age. She feels so sorry to hear this and unable what to say,” were Roopa Ganguly’s first words to NDTV after learning upon Pankaj Dheer’s death.
As per sources, Pankaj Dheer died of cancer. When asked about it, Roopa Ganguly said she was not aware of the actor’s illness adding she talked to him over a text probably a year ago. But he never spoke to her about his illness,” Roopa Ganguly broke into tears.
Recalling fond memories of the Mahabharat shoot, Roopa Ganguly tells NDTV, “Pankaj Dheer was the most handsome man on the set after Nitish Bharadwaj. She used to send him texts calling him, ‘my most handsome friend.’ He knew people called him ‘handsome’. But he’s a very well-mannered, soft-spoken gentleman. Puneet Issar (who played Duryodhan) and Firoz Khan (who played Arjun) were a bit playful (chulbule). But Pankaj was always a reserved person.”
Asked when Roopa Ganguly last met him in person, the film veteran said, “It was years ago.

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