Akhil Mishra | |
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Born | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | 22 July 1956
Died | 21 September 2023 | (aged 67)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1983–2023 |
Spouse(s) | Manju Mishra (m. 1983–1997) |
Akhil Mishra (22 July 1956 – 21 September 2023) was an Indian film and television actor who has worked in films such as Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Gandhi, My Father and television serials such as Pradhanmantri.[1] He was working in the serial Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se.[2] He became famous by doing the cameo role of Librarian Dubey in 3 Idiots and playing the role of Umed Singh Bundela in Uttaran. He also acted in Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain.[3]
Akhil Mishra was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh on 22 July 1956.[4] He married Manju Mishra in 1983 who had acted with him in his first feature film Dhat Tere...Ki in 1983 and a serial Grihalakshmi Ka Jinn. Manju died in 1997.[citation needed] Mishra was doing Dhat Tere...Ki as writer, producer and actor.
Mishra later married German actress Suzanne Bernert on 3 February 2009.[5][6] They married again in a traditional way on 30 September 2011. He had worked with Suzanne in movie Kram and serial Mera Dil Dewaana (Doordarshan) and on stage. In 2019 they shot a Short Film called "Majnu ki Juliet", which Mishra wrote, acted in and directed it.
Mishra's mother's name was Arundhati Mishra; she died October 2012.
Akhil Mishra died from a fall in his kitchen, on 21 September 2023, at the age of 67.[7] The actor had been unwell for some time due to blood pressure-related issues.[8][9]