margao tiatr artiste anil kumar passed away on friday morning the 64yearold konkani stage artiste who was battling diabetes at the gmc bambolim since january 26 finally breathed his last in the hospital on february 6 at 6am sai d his wife fatima born on march 12 1951 his real name was anil chandrakant devulkar although he adopted the stage name anil kumar he married fatima who is also a prominent stage artiste on december 3 1982 fatima told toi he is still very much alive for me presently anil had high diabetes and since i know what my husband suffered i would like to inform the people not to neglect diabetes as it is a killer disease he was hospitalized many times but yet he used to say i do not mind dying on stage she offered her gratitude to all those who helped her during his illness anils sisterinlaw antonette mendes said anil was always helpful to us he was our rock drama contractor domnic dmello of dmello redrose margao said anil was always willing to work despite not being able to stand on his feet due to diabetes anils last tiatr was tousif de navelims highly controversial atankvadi goeant naka besides working with prominent tiatr directors such as late m boyer c alvares jacinto vaz remmie colaco prem kumar kamat de assolna ligorio patrick dourado rosario rodrigues prince jacob c dsilva a m pacheco john dsilva etc anil also staged his own tiatrs like dev podvedar bhirant saulli divea pondak otmo maim what is this raveena hanga nit nam etc and also produced audio albums anifa dennem hello london etc under the banner of anifa productions besides starring in the late eighties hindi feature film laxman rekha and the popular hindi tv serial circus anil had also acted in konkani video films bhavart bhorvoso moneank zap suttli etc as well as konkani feature films girestkai to dis udelo doulot bhitorlea monacho munis etc anil who published a book of his tiatrs titled dev podvedar ani divea pondak also conducted theatre workshops on acting script and lyrics writing for schools and colleges at the behest of tiatr academy of goa tag he was a recipient of numerous awards such as the man o f the year award in 1984 gulab puroskar for best actor in 2004 lifetime achievement awards by kala academy 2008 dalgado konknni academy dka and tag both in 2012 as well as one from the department of art and culture 201213 anil bagged awards for best actor for film bhitorlea monacho munis best dialogue to dis udelo and best lyrics kantteantlem ful anil is survived by his wife son kenneth and daughterinlaw youden the funeral rites will be held on saturday at 4pm when the funeral cortege will leave his residence at vailankanni apartments fatorda for the hindu crematorium at pajifondmargao