New Delhi. Actor Sajid Khan, who played the childhood character of Sunil Dutt’s character Birju in the film ‘Mother India’, has passed away due to cancer. He was 70 years old. Khan also acted in international films like ‘Maya’ and ‘The Singing Filipina’.
The actor’s son Sameer said, ‘He was suffering from cancer for some time. He died on Friday (December 22). According to Sameer, his father lived in Kerala with his second wife.
Sameer said, ‘My father was adopted by Rajkumar Pitambar Rana and Sunita Pitambar and brought up by filmmaker Mehboob Khan. He was not active in films for some time and was mostly engaged in philanthropy. He frequented Kerala and liked it, remarried and settled here.
The actor was buried at Juma Masjid in Kayamkulam town in Alappuzha district of Kerala.
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First published: December 28, 2023, 02:26 IST