Arun Bali

Arun Bali (23 December 1942 – 7 October 2022) was an Indian actor who has worked in numerous films and television series. He played the part of King Porus in the 1991 period drama Chanakya, Kunwar Singh in the Doordarshan soap opera Swabhimaan and the Chief Minister of undivided Bengal, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, in the controversial and critically acclaimed 2000 film Hey Ram. In the 2000s, he became known for his "grandfatherly" roles like that of Harshvardhan Wadhwa in Kumkum and has even garnered popular awards for the same. In 2001, the prominent writer, actor and director Lekh Tandon counted Bali amongst his favorite actors. He died at his home in suburban Mumbai on 7 October 2022, at the age of 79 and was treated for Myasthenia gravis prior to his death.