Gujarati film actor, friend die in road accident

Vadodara: A Gujarati film actor and his friend died in a road accident near Waghodiya bridge on national highway-48 on Monday late night.

The film actor Iqbal Mansuri (61), who lives in Dabhoi, and his 51-year-old friend Kadar Mansuri were coming towards Vadodara city after finishing a shoot when they were knocked down by an unidentified vehicle driver. Police said that Iqbal had a film shoot at Kadar’s farmhouse in Waghodiya. After completing the shoot, they were returning on Kadar’s scooter.

Around 10 pm on Sunday, the duo was run over on the road going towards Surat near Waghodiya bridge. Kadar died on the spot as he had suffered grievous injuries on his head and Iqbal was rushed to SSG Hospital as some locals had called an ambulance. Cops said that Iqbal too died during treatment in the early hours of Monday.

Sources said that Iqbal has worked in several Gujarati films as comedy actor. He was popularly known as Iqbal Keshto after the famous Hindi film actor and comedian Keshto Mukherjee.