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Obit: ‘Mahabharat’ actor and athlete Praveen Kumar Sobti dies

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Obit: ‘Mahabharat’ actor and athlete Praveen Kumar Sobti dies

Praveen Kumar Sobti. NE FILE PHOTO

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Actor-athlete Praveen Kumar Sobti, best known for playing Bheem in the TV series Mahabharat and for winning an Asian Games gold medal, died following a cardiac arrest late Monday evening. He was 74.

The actor breathed his last at his Ashok Vihar residence in Delhi.

“He had a chronic chest infection problem. At night, when he started feeling uneasy, we called the doctor at home. He passed away between 10-10.30 PM following a cardiac arrest,” a relative of Praveen said.

Sobti was 20 when he joined the Border Security Force (BSF), where he was first noticed for his athletic skills. After that he represented the country across various athletic events in hammer and discus throw and even won four medals at the Asian Games, including two gold medals in 1966 and 1970.

He also won a silver medal in hammer throw during the 1966 Commonwealth Games.

We are saddened by the untimely demise of Arjuna Awardee, Olympian & 4-time Asian Games medalist, Praveen Kumar Sobti, a hammer & discus thrower

Sobti was also known for his role as Bheem in Mahabharat

Our condolences to his family & athletics fraternity 🙏#RIP pic.twitter.com/yVLSAZb5RK

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) February 8, 2022

The athlete gained further popularity after he began his acting career and featured as Bheem in BR Chopra’s classic Mahabharat in 1988.

As an actor, Sobti featured in supporting parts in close to 50 movies like Yudh, Adhikar, Hukumat, Shahenshah, Ghayal and Aaj Ka Arjun.

He entered politics in 2013 when he joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to contest the Delhi assembly elections. However, Sobti lost to BJP’s Mahender Nagpal. After that, he joined the BJP in 2014.

He is survived by wife, daughter, two younger brothers and a sister.

On Twitter, the official Twitter handle of the BSF paid a tribute to Sobti. “Director General & All Ranks of BSF condole the untimely demise of Praveen Kumar Sobti, former Deputy Commandant, Arjuna Awardee, two-time Olympian (1968 Mexico Games and 1972 Munich Games) & four-time Asian Games medallist (2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze),” read the tweet.

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