Namak Halaal, Gol Maal actor Harish Magon, passes away at 76

Veteran Bollywood actor Harish Magon, popularly known for starring in Gol Maal, Namak Halaal, and Inkaar, passed away on July 1. Harish was 76 years old. The reason behind his demise isn't disclosed yet. Harish is survived by his wife, a son Siddharth and a daughter Aarushi. Harish's daughter is based in Singapore.

Born on December 6, 1946, in Bombay Presidency, British India, Harish was also an FTII Pune graduate (1974). In his filmography, Harish was been a part of several blockbusters, including Namak Halaal, Chupke Chupke, Khushboo, Inkaar, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Gol Maal and Shahenshah. Magon's last film was Uff! Yeh Mohabbat (1997).

Harush Magon ran an acting institute, Harish Magon Acting Institute, Juhu, Mumbai, and he was also an instructor at Roshan Taneja's acting school. CINTAA paid homage to their late member and actor on his Twitter, and wrote, "CINTAA expresses its condolences on the demise of Harish Magon (Member since JUNE. 1988).

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CINTAA expresses its condolences on the demise of Harish Magon
(Member since JUNE. 1988)
.#condolence #condolencias #restinpeace #rip #harishmagon #condolencemessage #heartfelt #cintaa pic.twitter.com/qMtAnTPThX

— CINTAA_Official (@CintaaOfficial) July 1, 2023

As per a Twitter user, Hairsh was a close friend of Gulzar's assistant Meraj, and thus he got a break on the big screen and made appeared in the song of Aandhi (1975). 

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Harish Magon - #InMemories

Will always be remembered for those cute cameos in Hindi Cinema. A graduate3 from FTII, he was a close friend of Gulzar's assistant Meraj and hence get to face the camera here in #Aandhi song for a break

HarishMagon #RIP @rmanish1 @SukanyaVerma https://t.co/di3N4qCpQ7 pic.twitter.com/seyECwOh2r

— Pavan Jha (@p1j) July 2, 2023

Apart from CINTAA, other filmgoers also expressed the loss of Harish on Twitter. Magon's last film was Uff! Yeh Mohabbat (1997).