Well known Bollywood and Marathi film actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar passed away early morning today, due to heart failure. He was 64 . Mr. Amrapurkar was being treated at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital at Andheri, for lung ailment for the past several days. Few days ago. There were rumors flowing on social net working sites; but his family sources confirmed that his condition was stable but not out of danger.

Having performed in about 200+ Hindi and Marathi films since 80s till last year, Mr. Amrapurkar was basically a stage actor. Mr. Govind Nihlani, gave him his first major break, as Rama Shetty a villain; through his film ‘Ardha Satya’. He was highly impressed by the actor’s performance in a Marathi play. Mr. Amrapurkar bagged the Filmfare award for negative role portrayed by him in this film. He also went on to bag another filmfare award for his performance in Mahesh Bhatt’s film ‘Sadak’.
Mr. Amrapurkar was last seen in Marathi film, ‘Hou De Jarasa Ushir’, which also sent its entry privately for Oscars. In this film, he had played an important role of a central character.