<p>Robert John Christo, popularly known as Bob Christo in the Hindi film industry, died of a heart attack at the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology in the City, on Sunday evening.<br />The 72-year-old actor was admitted to the hospital following a heart attack on Friday morning. <br /><br />He underwent an angioplasty as he had developed 90 per cent blockage. Despite efforts made to conduct a surgery on him, he suffered another heart attack on Sunday and eventually succumbed.</p>.<p>Work permit<br /><br />Bob, an Australian, came to Mumbai because he was awaiting a work permit to work in Muscat, which required him to be out of Muscat. <br /><br />He got his first break, as a villain, in the Hindi movie Abdullah. Since then, Bob decided to stay in India and has appeared in over 250 movies. <br /><br />His roles in films included that of British officer, goon, fighter, henchman, gambler, bandit, hitman, gangster. He even played as himself in a couple of movies.<br /><br />Bob Christo was limited to typecast and stereotypical roles acting as a henchman, lead villain’s sidekick or a British officer in period films. He is best known for that Amitabh fight scene in Don. In US, he used to work as a visiting professor at premier business schools.<br />Bob was living in Bangalore for the past five years along with his friend and restaurateur Khaleel Pasha who was with him during his last days. <br /><br />“Bob used to help me a lot in promoting my business by giving public appearances. In fact along with actor Akshay Kumar, we were planning to release Bob’s autobiography in June this year,” he said. <br /><br />Bob’s family members and some of the Bollywood actors are expected to arrive in Bangalore on Monday.<br /><br />He has won several awards for his villain roles. His other popular movies include Kaalia, Kismat, Gumrah, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja and Agnipath.<br /><br />Bob is survived by his wife Nargis and two sons, Sunil and Darius.</p>
<p>Robert John Christo, popularly known as Bob Christo in the Hindi film industry, died of a heart attack at the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology in the City, on Sunday evening.<br />The 72-year-old actor was admitted to the hospital following a heart attack on Friday morning. <br /><br />He underwent an angioplasty as he had developed 90 per cent blockage. Despite efforts made to conduct a surgery on him, he suffered another heart attack on Sunday and eventually succumbed.</p>.<p>Work permit<br /><br />Bob, an Australian, came to Mumbai because he was awaiting a work permit to work in Muscat, which required him to be out of Muscat. <br /><br />He got his first break, as a villain, in the Hindi movie Abdullah. Since then, Bob decided to stay in India and has appeared in over 250 movies. <br /><br />His roles in films included that of British officer, goon, fighter, henchman, gambler, bandit, hitman, gangster. He even played as himself in a couple of movies.<br /><br />Bob Christo was limited to typecast and stereotypical roles acting as a henchman, lead villain’s sidekick or a British officer in period films. He is best known for that Amitabh fight scene in Don. In US, he used to work as a visiting professor at premier business schools.<br />Bob was living in Bangalore for the past five years along with his friend and restaurateur Khaleel Pasha who was with him during his last days. <br /><br />“Bob used to help me a lot in promoting my business by giving public appearances. In fact along with actor Akshay Kumar, we were planning to release Bob’s autobiography in June this year,” he said. <br /><br />Bob’s family members and some of the Bollywood actors are expected to arrive in Bangalore on Monday.<br /><br />He has won several awards for his villain roles. His other popular movies include Kaalia, Kismat, Gumrah, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja and Agnipath.<br /><br />Bob is survived by his wife Nargis and two sons, Sunil and Darius.</p>