Shahnawaz Pradhan was an actor who worked in television, film, and online video. He died on Friday. He was 56. The actor had appeared in films like Shah Rukh Khan's Raees and Saif Ali Khan's Phantom as well as shows like Mirzapur, 24, Byomkesh Bakshi, and Tota Weds Maina. Yashpal Sharma, an actor, shared a description of the Friday evening in which Shahnawaz reportedly suffered a heart attack. He disclosed that Shahnawaz was transported to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital after becoming unconscious.

“Today attended this program in Mumbai... Everything was going great... Ridz Dime Darrell ji’s and hundreds of artists were present but shortly after receiving the award our beloved artist Shahnawaz had an attack... The whole program stopped and with the help of the people and the doctor he was taken to the Kokilaben Hospital, which was the closest, but no one could save him, and he passed away,” the Gangaajal actor wrote on Instagram.

Rajesh Tailang, an actor who appeared in Mirzapur alongside Shahnawaz, paid tribute to the late actor. He wrote, "Shahnawaz bhai aakhiri salaam!!!" on a picture of the late actor. The aap should be gazab ke zaheen insaan and kitne behatar. Yaqeen nahin ho raha #purushram #mirzapur, Mirzapur ke dauran kitna sundar waqt guzara aapke saath. In the first season of the popular Prime Video show Mirzapur, Shahnawaz played the father of both Sweety (Shriya Pilgaonkar) and Golu (Shweta Tripathi Sharma).