Kavi Kumar Azad died on Monday afternoon; the actor was unwell and was admitted to Wockhardt Hospital at Mira Road. The show’s producer, Asit Kumar Modi, said the actor died after suffering a massive heart attack.

“We are very sad to inform loss of our senior actor Kavi Kumar Azaad. He was playing the character of Dr. Hathi in Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma. We lost him to a massive cardiac arrest today morning. He was an amazing actor and a very positive person. He truly Loved the show and always came for the shoot even if he was not feeling well. He called today morning that he is not well and will not be able to come for the shoot. And later we got the news that he passed away. We are all too numb to say anything,” Asit Kumar Modi said in a statement.