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Actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar, who made his name playing villainous characters in Bollywood films, has died aged 64.

The actor was being treated for a lung infection at a hospital in Mumbai, his family said.

Amrapurkar had won the prestigious Filmfare award for playing the role of a ruthless eunuch in the 1991 film Sadak (Road).

His role in the off-beat film Adha Satya (Half Truth) had won him his first Filmfare award in 1984.

He was known for his supporting and comic roles in a number of Bollywood films, and had parts in several Marathi films too.

Some of his most acclaimed Bollywood performances were in Aankhen, Ishq, Coolie Number One and Gupt: The Hidden Truth.

His funeral will be held in Ahmednagar district in the western state of Maharashtra on Tuesday, his family said.

Many of his fellow actors, fans and prominent Indians have paid tributes to the actor on Twitter. Prime Minister Narendra Modi described him as "a versatile actor".

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Late actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar is remembered for his work in films like Sadak,Aankhen and Coolie No 1 but the first time he appeared in the movies was for Govind Nihalani’s film Ardh Satya. Soon after Sadashiv was seen in the film, he was overwhelmed with film offers. At one point, the veteran theatre actor had over 60 film offers to choose from but being from a modest background, he faced some difficulty in making the right choices.

In an old interview, shared by Harikrit Films on YouTube, the actor can be heard saying that he did not even know the names of Yash Chopra and BR Chopra when he entered the world of movies. “In those days, in 1982, I had over 60 film offers and I didn’t know what to do with these many film offers. I didn’t even know who BR Chopra, or Yash Chopra even were at that time. When we were kids, we only knew the names of the actors, Shammi Kapoor, or Dilip Kumar, or Manoj Kumar, we only knew of them. We never even read the names of the directors,” he said.