Overview
- His business partner Shivam confirmed that Mushtaq Khan died at about 7pm on Thursday, September 24, 2026, after a reported relapse of cancer that prompted admission to Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital.
- Khan’s son Mohsin announced viewing and funeral arrangements for Friday and invited fans to pay respects at the family home between 10 am and 12 noon before prayers, and the actor was later buried at Yari Road cemetery in Mumbai.
- Colleagues including Anees Bazmee, Sunny Deol, Rajpal Yadav and Sanjay Mishra issued tributes and many industry figures attended the final rites, highlighting Khan’s role as a mentor and a familiar comic presence.
- Reporting on basic facts about his death contains unresolved discrepancies: outlets variously reported his age as 56, 67 or 75 and described the illness as lung cancer, liver involvement or generically as cancer.
- Khan built a decades-long career in supporting and comic roles in films such as Welcome and the Gadar series, and his family said several completed or pending projects remain that may appear posthumously.