Bhubaneswar, Dec 19: Eminent Odia film director Pradip Bhol died of heart attack in a hospital on Sunday. He was 59.
Sources said, Bhol felt chest pain yesterday morning, following which he was immediately rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital in Sundargarh, where doctors declared him dead due to cardiac arrest. Bhol is well-known for the film ‘Chini’. It also won the state film award as the best film in 2016.
He had directed several plays and dramas during his career. The play ‘Mau’, written and directed by him, has found a place in the Limca Book of Records. He was working on another play titled ‘Bhaba’ but could not complete it due to his untimely death. Several actors of Ollywood and theatre industries have expressed condolence over his demise.
