Famous TV actor Nitesh Pandey dies of a heart attack

The television industry lost three talented TV celebrities in the month of May. 23rd May 2023 was a black day for the television industry as it lost famous actor Nitesh Pandey. His last on-screen appearance was in Anupamaa as Dheeraj Kapoor, Nitesh Pandey passed away at the age of 51. He suffered a cardiac arrest in Igatpuri at the time of his death.

Being a popular TV celebrity and entertaining the audience for the last 25 years, the versatile actor has worked in many tv serials like Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani, Saaya, Justajoo and Durgesh Nandini and films like Om Shanti Om, Khosla Ka Ghosla and Badhaai Do. Most notably, Nitesh Pandey started his acting career by doing theatre in 1990.

Hailing from a small-town Almora Kumaon in Uttrakhand state, Nitesh married actress Ashwini Kalsekar, but that marriage didn't work out. Later he met Arpita Pandey on a TV show - Justajoo whom he fell in love with. They got married in 2003.

Rupali Ganguly aka Anupamaa expressed heartfelt condolences and is deeply saddened by his demise. They had made plans to meet along with their kids. Rupali shared that he was the only TV industry friend who stayed constantly in touch during her sabbatical. “He had even come to meet me after Rudransh was born. I can’t believe this! His son Aarav is just a few months older than Rudransh. He had messaged me just last week about a painting he had made and we had made plans to make our sons meet. We would bond over dogs. His wife Arpita is an animal caregiver, a feeder too like me. I am devastated! He was so so so fiercely protective of me.”

Sharing screen space with him on the sets of Anupamaa, felt as if having your bestie with you at your workplace. "Just this month beginning, I had arrived for a film's get together and saw his car leaving, so I called him and said I saw you and he said tu ruk main aata hoon gaadi ghumake (You wait, I'll turn around the car), and I said no no ghar jaa agale hafte milte hai. Teen hafte ho gaye uss baat ko (No, no, you go home. Let's meet next week. It's been three weeks since that conversation) and now I will never meet him. I can't believe this!”