After a fight with illness, television personality Pankaj Dheer, who portrayed Karna in B.R. Chopra’s “Mahabharat” and King Shivdutt in the fantasy drama “Chandrakanta,” passed away at the age of 68. This morning, cancer claimed his life. Ashoke Pandit, a friend and producer, told PTI that he had spent the previous several months in and out of the hospital. Later in the day, the cremation will take place.
