Sajid Khan Death: Veteran actor Sajid Khan, best known for playing young Sunil Dutt in 'Mother India', passed away on December 22. The news of his demise has been confirmed by his son, Sameer, who revealed that the late actor was battling cancer. Sajid Khan was in his early 70s and stayed away from acting to focus on philanthropic work. He was living with his second wife in Kerala.
While speaking to PTI, Sameer said, "He had been battling cancer for a while. He passed away on Friday."
Talking about his father's life, Sameer added, "My father was adopted by Rajkumar Pitamber Rana and Sunita Pitamber and fostered by filmmaker Mehboob Khan. He was not active in films for a while and was mostly involved in philanthropy. He used to come to Kerala quite often and he liked it here, remarried, and settled here."