Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (MS)

Bengaluru, Oct 10: Well-known Sandalwood actor Sathyajit passed away late night on Saturday, October 9 due to illness. He was 71. He is survived by two sons and a daughter.

Sathyajit had suffered stroke and was being treated at Bowring hospital for the past six days. Till Wednesday, there was slight improvement in his health condition. However, when dialysis was done on Thursday, his heart rate went down, sources said.

In addition, as there was internal bleeding, he was put on ventilator. However, his heath condition deteriorated on Friday, as per the information given by his family members. His left leg was amputated due to gangrene.

Sathyajit's actual name was Syed Nizamuddin. He was in great demand for character roles in Sandalwood, having acted in more than 650 Kannada movies. He was well-versed in enacting villain roles.

Sathyajit was a driver in KSRTC before entering into film world. He also got opportunity to act as a villain with Bollywood actor Nana Patekar in the move 'Ankush'.

'Putnanja', 'Shiva Mecchida Kannappa', 'Chaithrada Premanjali' and 'Aaptamitra' are some of the superhit movies in which Sathyajit acted.

In addition, Sathyajit has also acted in movies like 'Aruna Raga', 'Anthima Theerpu', 'Ranaranga', 'Nammura Raja', 'Nyayakkagi Naanu', 'Yuddhakanda', 'Indrajit', 'Nammura Hammeera', 'Police Lockup' and others.