Nitesh Pandey (17 January 1972 – 23 May 2023) was an Indian film and television actor.
Career
Pandey began doing theatre in 1990. In 1995, he got his first acting opportunity in a show called ''Tejas'' in which he played a detective, however the show was never aired, due to the loss of broadcaster BITV's satellite.
Pandey worked in serials such as ''
Manzilein Apani Apani'', ''
Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani'', ''
Saaya'', ''
Justajoo,'' and ''Durgesh Nandini'', and in films including
Om Shanti Om
''Om Shanti Om'' (transl. literally to ''Peace Be With You'') is a 2007 Hindi-language romantic fantasy film written and directed by Farah Khan, co-written by Mayur Puri and Mushtaq Shiekh, and produced by Gauri Khan under Red Chillies E ...
and ''
Khosla Ka Ghosla''. He also ran an independent production house called Dream Castle Productions, which produces radio shows. He did theatre shows such as ''Aastha'' and ''Misal Pav'' with
Sudha Chandran.
His performance was noticed in ''Khosla Ka Ghosla''.
Personal life and death
Pandey married
Ashwini Kalsekar in 1998 and they divorced in 2002. He later married TV actress Arpita Pandey.
The couple had a son Aarav.
Pandey died from a heart attack at a hotel in Igatpuri, Nashik,
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
, on 23 May 2023, at the age of 51.
Filmography
Films
Television shows
References
External links
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1973 births
2023 deaths
Indian male soap opera actors
Indian male film actors
Male actors from Uttarakhand
Male actors in Hindi cinema
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