TV
actor
Anand
Abhyankar,
who
had
also
acted
in
several
Marathi
and
Hindi
movies,
died
in
a
car
accident
on
Mumbai-Pune
Expressway
on
Sunday
midnight.
The
Marathi
star
was
returning
to
Mumbai
after
attending
the
shooting
for
Mala
Sasu
Havi.
In
the
incident,
his
son
Pratyush
and
his
co-star
Akshay
Pendse
also
passed
away,
while
his
wife
was
seriously
injured.
Along
with
his
son
Pratyush,
wife,
and
his
co-star
Akshay
Pendse,
Anand
Abhyankar
was
travelling
in
his
Maruthi
Wagon
R,
when
a
Tempo,
which
was
coming
from
Mumbai,
hit
the
divider
and
rammed
in
to
his
car.
Anand
Abhyankar
and
Akshay
Pendse
were
announced
dead
on
the
spot,
while
his
son,
who
was
seriously
injured,
breathed
his
last
during
the
treatment
at
the
Lokmanya
Hospital.
His
wife,
who
is
also
seriously
injured,
is
undergoing
treatment.
Anand
Abhyankar
was
a
popular
Marathi
actor
and
he
had
entered
TV
industry
with
serial
Vaastav:
The
Reality
in
1999.
Later,
he
had
acted
in
more
than
15
Hindi
TV
serials.
Jis
Desh
Mein
Ganga
Rehta
Hain,
Pappu
Can't
Dance
Saala
and
Taarak
Mehta
Ka
Ooltah
Chashmah
are
few
of
the
well-known
soaps
in
which
he
had
appeared.
The
sudden
death
of
Anand
Abhyankar
has
shocked
many
TV
viewers.
We,
at
Oneindia,
offer
our
heart-felt
condolences
to
Anand
Abhyankar's
family.
May
his
departed
soul
rest
in
peace.