Bollywood actor Feroz Khan passes away
April 28, 2009
New Delhi - Bollywood actor and producer Feroz Khan died on Monday after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 69. Khan died at 1:30 am at his farmhouse in the southern city of Bangalore.
He is survived by actor son Fardeen Khan and daughter Laila Rajpal. His funeral is scheduled to take place in the city later on Monday, his family said.
A leading Bollywood star through the 1970s and 1980s who appeared in more than 50 movies, Khan had a place in the hearts of millions of Hindi film lovers with his romantic male leads in blockbusters like Qurbani and Jaanbaaz.
He also made Dharmatma, the first Indian film to be shot in Afghanistan. The film was inspired by the Hollywood movie The Godfather.
The filmmaker who led a quiet and simple life in Bangalore had been battling cancer for the last year and was under treatment in a Mumbai hospital.
Feroz Khan was last seen on the screen in the 2007 comedy Welcome.
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