Actor Sajid Khan, who portrayed the childhood character Birju in Sunil Dutt’s film ‘Mother India,’ has passed away. He later gained recognition through international films such as ‘Maya’ and ‘The Singing Filipina.’ At the age of 70, the actor breathed his last due to cancer. “He had been battling cancer for a while. He passed away on Friday (December 22),” the actor’s only son Sameer told PTI.
Sameer mentioned that his father had established a residence in Kerala with his second wife. “My father was adopted by Rajkumar Pitamber Rana and Sunita Pitamber and raised by filmmaker Mehboob Khan. After a period of inactivity in films, he primarily engaged in philanthropy. He frequently visited Kerala, developed a fondness for the place, remarried, and eventually settled here,” Sameer explained. The context was shared in relation to the passing of ‘Mother India’ actress Kumkum, with condolences from Nassir Khan and Naved Jafri.
