Marathi actor-director
ravindra Mahajani was found dead on
friday in a rented apartment in Talegaon Dabhade, Pune. According to the
police, Mahajani, a
mumbai resident, was living alone in a rented apartment in Zarbia Society, Ambi, Talegaon Dabhade, for about eight months. Neighbors had informed the
police on
friday evening at around 4.30 pm when foul smell emanated from the apartment. Breaking the door of the
house, the
police found Ravindra's dead body As soon as the information was received, a team of Talegaon MIDC
police station reached the spot. The
police found the apartment locked from inside. After this, in the presence of the
local people, when the
police entered inside the
house by breaking the door, everyone was shocked to see the scene there. Mahajani's dead body was lying inside.
police said that the owner of the apartment has identified the dead Shakht as Mahajani. According to the
police, it seems that the actor had died about two to three days before his body was found. The
police has informed the family of the late actor. At present, the
police have sent his body for
postmortem to find out the cause of the actor's death.
ravindra Mahajani Career Born in Belgaum,
ravindra Mahajani started his acting
journey with the film 'Saat Hindustani' in which he played the role of a
police inspector. He got
success in 1974 from the film Jhunj, directed by
kiran Shantaram. The
success of this project gave a new height to his career. After this, many of his films came, including 'Aaram Haram Hai', 'Lakshmi', 'Lakshmi Chi Pavalam', 'Devata', 'Gondhalat Gandal' and 'Mumbai Cha Faujdar'. He continued working in films till 2019. He was last seen in
arjun kapoor and
kriti sanon starrer film 'Panipat'.