Internationally beloved comedian and actor Jaswinder Bhalla has died at the age of 65.

Bal Mukand Sharma, a close friend, said that Bhalla had a brain stroke on the evening of August 20 and was taken to Fortis Hospital in Mohali, India. Bhalla passed away at the hospital on August 22.

“He was in a critical condition on admission,” Fortis Hospital explained in a statement, per entertainment outlet Live Mint. “He was under the care of the Neurosurgery team and managed on a ventilator and cardio supportive drugs for 2 days. In spite of the best clinical care and all resuscitative efforts, due to the severity of the illness, he passed away today at 04:35 am.”

Jaswinder Bhalla made a significant contribution to Punjabi cinema and stage over a career of more than three decades.

In 1988, he b

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