Actor-comedian Raju Srivastava died on Wednesday after over 40 days of hospitalisation following cardiac arrest while working out at gym. He was 58. Srivastava was admitted to Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on August 10.
In Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on December 25, 1963, he was given the name Satya Prakash Srivastava. His father, Rameshchandra Srivastava, was a poet, according to IMDb. He used to mimic his teacher when he was in school.
Raju Srivastava played supporting roles in Bollywood movies like Shah Rukh Khan’s Baazigar, Salman Khan’s Maine Pyar Kiya, and Bombay To Goa.
The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, a TV comedy talent competition that ran from 2005 to 2017, gave him his big break. Everyone adored his made-up characters Gajodhar and Manohar.
May his soul rest in Peace.