‘3 Idiots’ actor Akhil Mishra is no more
Mumbai (IANS). Actor Akhil Mishra, who worked in films like Aamir Khan starrer ‘3 Idiots’ and ‘Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain’, died after an accident in the kitchen. He was 67 years old.
A source close to IANS said, “It was an accident. He was found injured on the kitchen floor, and died in hospital. The body has been taken for post-mortem. We are waiting for the report.”
The source said that his wife Sussanne was shooting in Hyderabad at the time of the incident.
Akhil Mishra was born in 1965. He had worked in films like ‘Hazaron Khwaishein Aisi’, ‘Gandhi, My Father’ and television serials like ‘Pradhanmantri’.
He gained popularity by playing the cameo role of Librarian Dubey in ‘3 Idiots’ and playing the role of Umed Singh Bundela in ‘Uttaran’ starring Tina Dutta and Rashami Desai.
Akhil’s first marriage was to Manju Mishra in 1983, who he worked with in his first feature film ‘Dhat Tere Ki’ in 1983 and the serial ‘Grihalaxmi Ka Jinn’. After Manju’s death in 1997, he married German actress Suzanne Bernert in February 2009.
Sussanne is known for working in ‘Ramdhanu – The Rainbow’, ‘Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.’
He has also worked in the TV show ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’. She played the role of Sonia Gandhi in the television series ‘7 RCR’ and the Hindi film ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’.
