Roopa Ganguly freaks out on Pankaj Dheer’s
passing away
The sad passing away of Pankaj Dheer, Karan in Mahabharat upset Roopa Ganguly, who played the iconic Draupadi in Mahabharat
couldn’t imagine he left so soon. Roop’s first words to NDTV was that she feels so sorry to hear this and unable what to say. after learning upon Pankaj Dheer’s death.
Sources reveal 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 passionate memories of the Mahabharat shoot, Roopa Ganguly recalls that 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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