MUMBAI: Popular Hindi film comedian of the 1960s and 1970s Rajendra Nath passed away on Wednesday evening at the age of 76.
The actor, who had been ailing for a long time, breathed his last at his residence in suburban Khar.
Nath began his career in 1938 with Hindi film Vachan and went on to act in movies like Patanga, Hum Sab Chor Hain and Dil Deke Dekho.
His role of Popatlal in the 1961 box-office hit Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai became a big hit and the title of Popatlal stuck to him.
Condoling the actor‘s death, Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh said, “Rajendra Nath regaled film lovers across generations with his typical sense of comic timing.”
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