Ghanshyam Nayak, Nattu Kaka of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, passes away
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’s Nattu Kaka aka actor Ghanshyam Nayak handed away on Sunday following an extended battle with most cancers. Producer Asit Kumarr Modi shared the information on Twitter, posting the actor’s picture and writing “Om Shanti” in Hindi.
Ghanshyam Nayak had greater than 100 Gujarati and Hindi movies to his credit score. He starred in over 350 tv reveals. Besides Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, he was identified for his roles in reveals like Khichdi and Sarabhai vs Sarabhai.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 ॐ शान्ति #Natukaka @TMKOC_NTF pic.twitter.com/ozyVHZrFvI
— Asit Kumarr Modi (@AsitKumarrModi) October 3, 2021
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah creator Asit Kumarr Modi mourned the demise of Ghanshyam Nayak. In a press release, he mentioned, “Ghanashyam Nayak (Nattu kaka) and I go a long way back and our families also were related. His passing away is a loss personally to me as well as for the show. Through the years, he kept motivating and encouraging me and, he himself was very happy with the role he was playing in the show. His absence will be felt by everyone and is a big loss for the entire team. We pay homage to a great actor and a great human being and our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this painful time.”
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah director Malav Rajda shared her fond reminiscences of Ghanshyam Nayak. She took to Instagram and wrote, “Ghanshyam bhai know you since i was a child wen u use to do plays with my dad…loved you then and loved you now..and you will always be loved by everyone who knew you…still have to come across such a jovial, lovable and a selfless man like you…thank you for always showering ur love and blessings on me…you will be really missed a lot…love you natu kaka..”
The 77-year-old was getting handled for most cancers, nonetheless, his sickness didn’t deter him from working. The actor had shared that his final want was to die with make-up on.
Last 12 months in September, the senior actor had developed a lump on his neck, for which he underwent profitable surgical procedure. Earlier this 12 months, throughout a scan, Ghanshyam Nayak was recognized with some spots on his neck. Post which, he underwent chemotherapy. The actor’s son Vikas additionally instructed Spotboye that his father was doing nicely and wanted to simply go to the hospital for a session as soon as a month.
“In April, we did a positron emission tomography scanning of his neck, in which some spots were found again. He did not have any discomfort or pain in any way but we did not want to take any risk and started his chemotherapy sessions again. He is completely fine. We take him to the hospital for the session just once a month. We will get a PET scan done again next month and I hope those spots are gone,” his son instructed Spotboye.
