Condolences flooded social media as netizens paid their respects to the late actor.
He gave an impressive performance as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s father in Sanjay Leela Bhansali directing ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ (1999). Vikram Gokhale also appeared in Bollywood hits like ‘Hey Ram’, ‘Tum Bin’, ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’, ‘Hichki’ and ‘Mission Mangal’ to name a few. His last Bollywood film was ‘Nikamma’ (2022), starring Abhimanyu Dassani, Shirley Setia and Shilpa Shetty.
Vikram Gokhale used to run an acting academy in Pune where he worked with his wife for the past few years. He is survived by his wife Vrushali Gokhle and two daughters. Vikram Gokhale comes from a family of actors. His grandmother is an actress, while his father Chandrakant Gokhale is a Marathi theater and film artist.
While speaking to ETimes, the veteran actor reminisced about how Amitabh Bachchan helped him in his early days in Bollywood. “I went through a lot of difficulties when I entered this industry. I am going through a major financial crisis and am looking for shelter in Mumbai. When Amitabh Bachchan learned of this, he personally wrote a letter to Manohar Joshi, the Minister of maharashtra during 1995-99. And I got a house from the government just through his recommendation. I still have the letter I framed with me. I’m so proud because he knows me and I know him. We are friends from the past 55 years. I just like his attitude and his nature,” Vikram Gokhale told ETimes in 2021.
