India, Aug. 5 -- Veteran actor Pradeep Rawat, best known for films like Ghajini, Lagaan and Mahabharat, passed away on Tuesday evening after a long battle with cancer. He was 74 and is survived by his wife, Kalyani Rawat, and their son, Vikramaditya. He breathed his last on Tuesday evening at a hospital in Bhiwandi after his long fight with blood cancer took a tragic turn following a recent relapse.

According to Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, India records over 70,000 deaths annually from blood cancer and over 1,00,000 new cases each year, highlighting the urgent need for awareness and early action. HT Lifestyle reached out to Dr Ashray Kole, hemato-oncologist at M|O|C Cancer Care in Mumbai, to understand why early d...