Overview

• The Cine & TV Artistes’ Association announced the cremation for 4:30 pm at the Pawanhans crematorium in Vile Parle (W), Mumbai.
• Producer Ashoke Pandit told PTI the actor died this morning after months of hospital visits during a prolonged fight with cancer.
• Tributes poured in from colleagues and fans, with co-star Feroz Khan posting an emotional video and archival clips of Dheer’s Karna going viral.
• Dheer’s career spanned television and film, including Chandrakanta on TV and movies such as Sadak, Soldier and Baadshah, alongside mentoring through Visage Studioz and an acting academy.
• He is survived by his wife Anita Dheer and his son, actor Nikitin Dheer, as media note reports of a recent relapse and major surgery in the months before his death.