Mumbai: 47-yr-old actor Amit Mistry succumbs to heart attack

Mumbai: Multi-faceted actor Amit Mistry,

47

, who made a mark with the web series Bandish Bandits and films like Shor In The City, died of a heart attack on Friday. Around 9.30am, the actor had finished breakfast and a workout at his Andheri residence when he suffered chest pain and collapsed before his parents could summon help.

Mistry was a familiar name on the Gujarati and Hindi theatre circuit. His presence was noticed in films like Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, Kya Kehna, Yamla Pagla Deewana and Shor In The

City as well as in TV serials

Yeh Duniya Hai Rangeen, Tenali Rama, Shubh Mangal Savdhaan and Savdhaan India.

Co-artistes and celebrities like Dilip Joshi, Rajesh Tailang, Swanand Kirkire, Kubbra Sait, Hansal Mehta, Tisca Chopra, Anup Soni, Kavita Kaushik and Sumeet Raghavan were among those who mourned his death. Mistry's manager Maharshi Desai said he had never complained of health problems. Producer Mahir Khan who collaborated with the actor in Dafa 302 and Savdhaan India said, “I spoke to him around 10 days back and he was healthy and happy. News of his death is shocking and heartbreaking. He was a powerhouse of talent and energy. No matter how many hours we shot, I never saw him complaining.”