Pradeep Sarkar funeral: Deepika Padukone, Rani Mukerji, Vidya Balan pay their final respects
Pals and colleagues of late filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar arrived at his Mumbai residence on Friday. The filmmaker died at Lilavati hospital in suburban Bandra in Mumbai, his spouse Panchali instructed PTI. He was 67. Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri shared an announcement on Twitter. It learn, “It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we inform you that Pradeep has departed for his heavenly abode. Please be a part of us at 4 pm for his funeral at Santacruz Hindu Crematorium to say goodbye to him.” (Additionally learn: Parineeta director Pradeep Sarkar dies at 67; Ajay Devgn, Manoj Bajpayee pay tributes)
A number of members of the movie business confirmed as much as pay their respects for the filmmaker and greet his grieving household. The veteran filmmaker made his characteristic directorial debut with Parineeta, that starred Vidya Balan, Saif Ali Khan and Sanjay Dutt. Amongst those that had been in attendance on the crematorium in Mumbai for the funeral had been Deepika Padukone, Vidya Balan with husband Sidharth Roy Kapur, Rani Mukerji, Dia Mirza, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rhea Chakraborty, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Gajraj Rao, Tahir Raj Bhasin and Sakshi Tanwar.
Rani Mukerji, who has labored with Pradeep Sarkar on Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and Mardaani, stated she interacted with the filmmaker only a few days in the past when he referred to as to congratulate the actor for her newest film Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway. “I am very very shocked by the information of Dada’s passing away. I, in truth, spoke to him simply the opposite day once I had gone to Amritsar, to the Golden Temple the place he had referred to as me telling me about my movie so we had a protracted chat, he was insisting to do a facetime name however that day the community was not good so I used to be unable to video name with him.” she instructed PTI.
Earlier than venturing into movies, Pradeep Sarkar was well-known for steering a number of in style music movies and commercials. His different movies embody Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007), Lafangey Parindey (2010), Mardaani (2014) and Helicopter Eela (2018).
