Aradhana actor Sujit Kumar passes away

Veteran actor-producer Sujit Kumar, who worked in many Hindi films, passed away this morning. He was 75.

Kumar is best remembered for playing Rajesh Khanna's [ Images ] friend in Aradhana. He has starred in many Bhojpuri movies as well.

Kumar has also produced films like Khel (starring Anil Kapoor [ Images ], Madhuri Dixit [ Images ]), Champion (Sunny Deol [ Images ], Manisha Koirala [ Images ]) and Aetbaar (Amitabh Bachchan [ Images ], John Abraham [ Images ], Bipasha Basu [ Images ]).

He is survived by his son Jatin Kumar and daughter Henna.

A chautha ceremony (condolence meeting) will take place at 5pm, February 8, at the Indian Medical Association, in suburban Juhu [ Images ] in Mumbai [ Images ].