Ace comedian Raju Srivastava passes away at 58

Mumbai, Sep 21: Comedian Raju Srivastava has passed away in Delhi at the age of 58. Raju died at 10.20 am, after 41 days of hospitalisation.

The comedian was on a ventilator for over a month after he was admitted to the hospital following a heart attack.

For the unversed, Raju Srivastava suffered a heart attack on August 9 following which he was rushed to the AIIMS hospital in Delhi.

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एक महीने तक लगातार हॉस्पिटल में जीवन के लिए संघर्ष कर रहे हमारे मित्र और कॉमेडी किंग राजू श्रीवास्तव आखिरकार ज़िंदगी की जंग हार गए, ईश्वर उनकी आत्मा को शांति प्रदान करें, और उनके परिजनों को ये दुःख सहन करने की क्षमता दें। ॐ शांति🙏

- Arun Govil (@arungovil) 21 Sep 2022

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Heartbreaking... Friend, well-wisher, neighbour #RajuSrivastava ji, you will be missed... Om Shanti 🙏🙏🙏

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- Taran Adarsh (@taran_adarsh) 21 Sep 2022

The comic had a heart attack while exercising at a hotel's gym here. He gained initial stardom as an Amitabh Bachchan look-alike and also imitated him very well. He landed in Mumbai (then Bombay), and after a few years did a blink-and-you-miss role in the superhit Rajshri movie Maine Pyar Kiya. He did many other small roles in a varied number of movies, mostly an inconspicuous comic roles.

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Delhi: Comedian Raju Srivastava passes away (File pic)

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- Prasar Bharati News Services & Digital Platform (@pbns_india) 21 Sep 2022

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देश के ख्याति प्राप्त हास्य कलाकार राजू श्रीवास्तव जी के निधन की दुःखद खबर है। मैं ईश्वर से दिवंगत आत्मा की शांति एवं परिजनों व प्रशंसकों को यह असीम दुख सहने की शक्ति देने की प्रार्थना करता करता हूँ।

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- Mahendra Singh Sisodia (@mahendra_singh_sisodia) 21 Sep 2022

Raju Srivastav, a talented artiste, with a flair for comedy, had done stage shows with Kalyanji Anandji, Bappi Lahiri, and Nitin Mukesh in India and abroad. He was also noticed by Johnny Lever when he used to do stage shows before joining the film industry. Raju's mimicry was liked and applauded by the masses and he was an important person in Johnny Lever's troupe.