Taarak
Mehta
Ka
Ooltah
Chashmah
Team
Issues
Statement
A
statement
was
issued
by
the
team,
which
was
published
in
Spotboye
read:
We
are
very
sad
to
inform
loss
of
our
senior
actor
Kavi
Kumar
Azaad.
He
was
playing
the
character
of
Dr
Hathi
in
TMKOC.
We
lost
him
to
a
massive
cardiac
arrest
today
morning.
The
Producer
Says
Azad
Was
An
Amazing
Actor
&
Positive
Person
The
show's
producer,
Asit
Kumarr
Modi
said,
"He
was
an
amazing
actor
and
a
very
positive
person.
He
truly
loved
the
show
and
always
came
for
the
shoot
even
if
he
was
not
feeling
well.
He
called
today
morning
that
he
is
not
well
and
will
not
be
able
to
come
for
shoot.
And
later
we
got
the
news
that
he
passed
away.
We
are
all
too
numb
to
say
anything."
Azad’s
Co-actor
Mandar
Chandwadkar
Shocked
Over
The
Actor’s
Death
Kavi
Kumar
Azad's
co-star,
Mandar
Chandwadkar
(seen
as
society
secretary,
Mr.
Bhide)
was
shocked
with
the
news.
He
was
quoted
by
the
entertainment
portal
as
saying,
"It's
such
a
shocking
news.
This
morning
we
all
were
supposed
to
shoot
for
a
sequence
together
at
Filmcity.
But
then
we
came
to
know
he
is
unwell
so
we
decided
to
let
him
rest
and
go
ahead
with
the
scene
without
him."
“He
Was
Such
A
Happy
Go
Lucky
Man”
"I
will
only
say
he
completed
all
his
work
before
leaving
us.
This
was
a
fresh
scene
which
we
were
supposed
to
shoot.
He
didn't
leave
anything
incomplete.
He
was
such
a
happy
go
lucky
man.
I
still
can't
believe
that
he
is
not
with
us."
“He
Is
Irreplaceable”
"We
used
to
sit
together,
eat
together.
As
soon
as
he
used
to
come,
even
before
greeting
us
with
a
good
morning,
he
used
to
ask,
'Tiffin
mein
kya
laya
hai?' He
was
a
foodie
in
real
life
also.
He
is
irreplaceable.
Sahi
maayane
mein
Azad
ho
gaya."
Dilip
Joshi
Dilip
Joshi,
who
plays
the
central
character
Jethalal
on
the
show,
was
quoted
by
HT
as
saying,
"I
am
in
London,
I
have
no
idea
about
this
sad
news.
Even
I
am
getting
calls
from
everywhere
and
it
is
very
shocking.
I
need
to
find
out
what
happened."