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Veteran Actor Dinyar Contractor Passes Away...

June 5, 2019 3:30:53 PM IST
MTG editorial

Dinyar Contractor (b. 1941) passed away earlier today, on 5th June 2019. He was said to be suffering from age-related ailments.

He was popularised as a comedy actor on screen in Bollywood and in television, but he was also a Parsi-Gujarati stage actor and had worked with Adi Marzban. Together, and with others, they were an integral part of Doordarshan television’s famous series Aavo Maari Sathe.

He was conferred the Padma Shri award earlier this year.

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