Lifeline of sitcoms and satire, Satish Shah passes away at 74 in Mumbai - The Hindu

An effortless performer who made even a corpse a timeless monument of Indian cinema, Satish Shah bid adieu on Saturday (October 25, 2025) because of kidney failure. Not just a supporting player, Shah was often the spark that lit scenes with humour and elevated his co-actorsâ performances.Creating an endearing amalgam of instinct, intellect, and improvisation, Shah brought an irreverence to his roles that few could match. Lifeline of many a sitcom, he became a household name with Ye Jo Hai Zindagi, where he played a rainbow of roles, and hit the high point of his career with Sarabhai vs Sarabhai where, as the mischief-loving, Gujarati patriarch Indravardhan Sarabhai, he made fun of the shenanigans of the bourgeois class and impact of western values on Indian society in a measured performance.