Actor Anuj Thakur dies at 33 after reported seizure

Television actor Anuj Thakur, 33, has died after suffering a seizure while asleep, according to his friend and casting director Rupesh Sonar. Thakur’s death was reported on October 27, 2026, at his home in Oshiwara, Mumbai. The reported cause has not been independently confirmed by medical records or an official family statement in the accounts of his death. Sonar said Thakur did not wake the morning after going to sleep. According to Sonar, Thakur’s alarm sounded at 4:30 a.m., the time he usually got up for exercise and jogging, and his mother found him unresponsive when she went to check on him. Sonar said he had met Thakur about 10 days earlier. Sonar also said Thakur had experienced another seizure earlier in the year and was taking medication. That account, like the description of the fatal episode, was attributed to Sonar; no further medical details were reported. Thakur appeared in several television productions, including Dhoom Machao Dhoom, Bandhan Saath Janmon Ka, Beend Banoonga Ghodi Chadhunga and Mahisagar. Reports differ on which show marked his television debut: one identifies Bandhan Saath Janmon Ka in 2008, while another names Dhoom Machao Dhoom. Both accounts...