Tom Alter, a notable Indian theater, TV and Bollywood actor of American descent, has died in Mumbai of cancer. He was 67.
An statement issued by his family on Saturday says Alter died Friday night at home with his family around him in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital. He had been determined to have skin cancer last year.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief and reviewed Alter’s contribution to the film world and theater.
Alter acted in more than 300 films in a few Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Assamese and Telugu. His popular movies included Shatranj Ke Khiladi (Chess Players), Gandhi, Parinda (Bird), Kranti (Revolution), Aashiqui (Love) and Junoon (Obsession).
Modify likewise was a cricket fan and had composed for a few donning diaries. He won the Indian government’s “Padma Shri Award” in 2008 for his contribution to the fields of expressions and silver screen.
Adjust was the child of American Christian preachers. His grandparents had relocated to India from Ohio, the United States, in 1916 and settled in Lahore, now in Pakistan. After the segment of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, his grandparents remained in Pakistan, while his folks moved to India.
He had tutoring in the northern Indian slope resort of Mussoorie and later joined the Film and Television Institute in the western city of Pune from 1972 to 1974. He made his Bollywood acting introduction in 1976.
He is made due by his significant other, one child and one girl.
Alter’s body was cremated on Saturday in Mumbai, the Press Trust of India news quoted cited his child Jamie Alter as saying. A memorial service will be held week.