Mumbai: Actor of popular TV serial loses battle to cancer

MUMBAI: Veteran actor

Ghanashyam Nayak

, best known for his work as ‘Nattu Kaka’ in the popular sitcom ‘

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

’, passed away on Sunday after a long battle with cancer, producer Asit Kumarr Modi said.

The actor, who was in his late 70s, had been diagnosed with cancer earlier this year.

Modi, creator of ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’, said the actor’s health deteriorated in the past few days.