Australian-born Bollywood ‘villain’ Bob Christo died on Sunday in Bangalore aged 72. He died at Bangalore’s Jayadeva Instituteof Cardiovascular Sciences and Research.Christo was admitted to the hospital yesterday after he complained of chest pain, and it turned out that he had a heart attack. The doctors performedangioplasty and sent procedure on him but his condition continued to be critical.
A qualified civil engineer, Christo came to India to meet actress Parveen Babi and ended up getting a break in Bollywood with actor-filmmaker Sanjay Khan’s film Abdullah in 1980. Christo acted in over 200 Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kanada films.
Some of his popular Hindi films included Qurbani, Kaalia, Nastik, Mard and Mr India. He left films in 2000 and moved to Bangalore and started working in Sanjay Khan’s Golden Palms Spa as a yoga instructor.
