Archive · 5 Aug 2026
Veteran Actor Pradeep Rawat Cremated in Mumbai; Son Breaks Down
Pradeep Rawat was a famous actor from India who played many movie characters, often the bad guy.
He was very sick with a kind of cancer that affects the blood.
He died on August 4 when he was 74 years old.
His family held a special goodbye ceremony called a funeral in Mumbai.
At the funeral, his son Vikram cried while performing the last rituals to say goodbye.
Videos of the funeral were shared online and made many fans very sad.
Pradeep Rawat acted in movies for more than 40 years.
He was known for roles in Lagaan, Ghajini and the TV show Mahabharat, where he played Ashwatthama.
He also won an award for playing a villain in a Telugu movie called Sye.
Many people in the film world, including the All Indian Cine Workers Association, remembered him and praised his contribution to Indian cinema.
Veteran actor Pradeep Rawat died on August 4 at the age of 74 after a prolonged battle with blood cancer.
He was cremated in Mumbai on Wednesday, August 5, with family, friends and the film fraternity in attendance.
A viral video shows his son Vikram Rawat breaking down in tears while performing his father's last rites.
Rawat was famous for villainous roles in films like Lagaan, Sarfarosh, Ghajini, Tiger Zinda Hai and Chhaava, and as Ashwatthama in Mahabharat.
He won the Filmfare Award for Best Villain (Telugu) for S.S. Rajamouli's Sye and acted across Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam cinema for over four decades.
- Who
- Veteran actor Pradeep Rawat, known for iconic villainous roles in Hindi and South Indian cinema; his son Vikram Rawat performed the last rites.
- What
- Rawat died and was cremated, with emotional funeral videos surfacing of his son breaking down during the rituals.
- When
- He died on Tuesday, August 4, and was cremated on Wednesday, August 5.
- Where
- He died at a hospital and was cremated in Mumbai.
- Why
- He died after a prolonged battle with blood cancer, which had returned following years of recovery.
- Actor
- Pradeep Rawat
- Age at death
- 74
- Date of death
- August 4
- Cause of death
- Blood cancer
- Cremation
- Mumbai, August 5
- Born
- January 21, 1952, Madhya Pradesh
- Survived by
- Wife Kalyani Rawat and son Vikram Rawat
- Award
- Filmfare Award for Best Villain (Telugu) for Sye
