Actor Mushtaq Khan Dies at 56 in Mumbai

Actor Mushtaq Khan died in Mumbai on September 24, aged 56, his business partner Shivam confirmed. Khan, known for supporting and comic roles in Hindi films, had been receiving treatment at Nanavati Hospital after his cancer relapsed, according to Shivam’s account reported in several accounts. Reports differ on the type of cancer, and a formal statement from Khan’s family was awaited. Shivam said Khan had been hospitalized for about 15 days. Some reports, citing the business partner, identified the illness as lung cancer, while others described it as liver cancer. The available accounts do not resolve that discrepancy, so the cancer type has not been independently established. Reports also differed on the precise cause of death; the confirmed information was that Khan died after a period of hospitalization and cancer treatment. Khan was widely remembered for playing Ballo, a disabled hockey player, in the 2007 comedy Welcome. The character’s dialogue about his prosthetic leg and hockey career became one of the film’s best-known comic moments. Khan appeared in numerous other Hindi films, including Aashiqui, Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke, Hera Pheri, Gadar Ek Prem Katha, Jodi No.