Actor Bhupesh Kumar Pandya, who featured in films like Hazaron Khwahishein Aisi, Vicky Donor, and Parmanu, has lost his battle to cancer. The news of his demise was tweeted by the National School of Drama (NSD) on Wednesday.

"The news of Bhupesh Kumar Pandya's (alumnus NSD 2001 batch) death is extremely sad. The NSD family pays a heartfelt tribute. God bless the departed soul," the School announced on Twitter. Actor Manoj Bajpayee also took to Twitter to pay a tribute to Pandya.

विख्यात रंगकर्मी भूपेश कुमार पांड्या ( पूर्व छात्र एनएसडी 2001 बैच ) के आकस्मिक निधन की खबर बेहद दुखद है एनएसडी परिवार भावभीनी श्रद्धांजलि अर्पित करता है । ईश्वर दिवंगत आत्मा को शांति प्रदान करे।#NSDfamily @nirupamakotru @MinOfCultureGoI pic.twitter.com/bTbI5TenE0

— National School of Drama (@nsd_india) September 23, 2020

A few days ago, actor Rajesh Tailang had requested his colleagues to help Pandya financially in his cancer treatment. Tagging Richa Chadha, Pankaj Tripathi, Adil Hussain, Anurag Kashyap and a few others, he wrote on Twitter, “Our dear friend, a fantastic actor Bhupesh Kumar Pandya is fighting a hard battle with Cancer. He needs our support urgently. Please click this and do your bit. Thanks!” Manoj Bajpayee had also tweeted, “Request all of you to step forward help out colleague Actor Bhupesh an NSD graduate!!”