Mani, a son of actor Shabam Prakar, died on Sunday aged 83 after a battle with a rare form of cancer.
He was born in 1955 in Mumbai and died in Pune.
His daughter Shabra, a star of the TV series Bijapuram, told reporters that her father was a loving person and had been a “very good husband”.
“He was the kind of person who would talk about everything with great interest and love and love them all,” she said.