Professional bodybuilder and actor Varinder Singh Ghuman passed away following a heart attack on Thursday, his family has said.

Ghuman’s manager, Yadvinder Singh, said the actor was experiencing shoulder pain and had gone to a private hospital in Amritsar for treatment.

His nephew Amanjot Singh Ghuman told reporters in Jalandhar that the actor suffered a heart attack in the hospital in the evening.

Forty-one-year-old Ghuman had worked with superstar Salman Khan in the film Tiger-3 in 2023 and other Hindi films like Roar: Tigers of Sundarbans in 2014 and Marjaavan in 2019. He also worked in the Punjabi film Kabaddi Once Again in 2012.

Ghuman, who was 6 feet 2 inches tall, won the Mr India title in 2009 and had secured second place in the Mr Asia pageant.

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A native of Gurdaspur, he was currently residing in Jalandhar, where he also owned a gym. Known as a “vegetarian bodybuilder”, he was passionate about fitness and regularly shared his workout videos on Instagram.

He had also expressed his desire to contest the Punjab assembly polls in 2027. Politicians across party lines condoled his demise.