Actor Amitabh Dayal has passed away due to a massive heart attack. He was 51.

The actor was admitted to a hospital on January 17 after suffering a massive heart attack. He later tested positive for COVID-19 and later tested negative.

On Instagram, Amitabh had shared a video of himself from the hospital. "Never give up … god is waiting to give you the best keep fighting .love all A.D.," he wrote.

Dayal had worked in films like Kagaar: Life on the Edge (2003),  Rangdari (2012), Raj Babbar’s Dhuaan (2013),  and Amitabh Bachchan’s Virrudh (2005). The actor had also worked on the unreleased P Akash film Dillagi…Yeh Dillagi (2005), which starred Dharmendra, Rati Agnihotri and Kapil Dev.

Amitabh is survived by his wife Mrinalini and a daughter. The final rites will be held in Mumbai.