Pradeep Sarkar passes away at 67; Hansal Mehta, Manoj Bajpayee, Ajay Devgn & others pay tributes

Parineeta director Pradeep Sarkar passes away at 67. Funeral arrangements have been made at a crematorium in Santacruz for 4 pm today.

Filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar, known for making films like Parineeta, Helicopter Eela and Mardaani, passed away aged 67. Director Hansal Mehta confirmed the same via a tweet. Taking to Twitter on Friday morning, Hansal shared a picture of and wrote “Pradeep Sarkar. Dada. RIP. He passed away at the age at 3.30 am on March 24. Funeral arrangements have been made at a crematorium in Santacruz for 4 pm today.

Ajay Devgn condoled Sarkar’s demise and wrote, “The news of Pradeep Sarkar’s demise, ‘Dada’ to some of us is still hard to digest. My deepest condolences. My prayers are with the departed and his family. RIP Dada.”

Very sad to know about our dearest director @pradeepsrkar dada. I started my career with him. He had an aesthetic talent to make his films look larger than life. From #Parineeta#lagachunrimeindaag to a no. Of movies. Dada, you will be be missed. #RestInPeace 🙏😔 @SrBachchan pic.twitter.com/TDxUOP2quG

— Nitu Chandra Srivastava (@nituchandra) March 24, 2023

Actress Neetu Chandra, who was very close to Pradeep Sarkar and his sister Madhuri, tweeted, “Very sad to know about our dearest director @pradeepsrkar dada. I started my career with him. He had an aesthetic talent to make his films look larger than life. From #Parineeta #lagachunrimeindaag to a no. Of movies. Dada, you will be be missed. #RestInPeace.”

The news of Pradeep Sarkar’s demise, ‘Dada’ to some of us is still hard to digest.
My deepest condolences 💐. My prayers are with the departed and his family. RIP Dada 🙏

— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) March 24, 2023

Manoj Bajpayee wrote, “Ohh! That’s so shocking! Rest in peace Dada!!”

Several other members of the film industry also took to social media to grieve the director’s sudden passing.

News Source:- INDIA TV