Mumbai: Bollywood producer Anil Suri, who had backed films like Raaj Kumar-Rekha starrer Karmayogi and Raaj Tilak, passed away due to coronavirus on Thursday. He was 77.
Anil's brother, film producer Rajiv Suri, said he had fever on June 2 but his condition worsened the next day with breathlessness.
"He was rushed to the top hospitals, Lilavati and Hinduja, but both denied him a bed," Rajiv claimed.
"He was then taken to Advanced Multispeciality Hospital on Wednesday night. He had COVID-19. On Thursday evening, they said something is amiss and he was put on ventilator. He died around 7:00 pm," Rajiv told PTI.
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Last rites of Anil were held on Friday morning at Oshiwara cremation ground with four close family members attending it wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Besides Rajiv, Anil is survived by two children and wife.
Rajiv, who had produced Basu Chatterjee's 1979 film Manzil featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Moushumi Chatterjee, said it was heartbreaking to lose one of his favourite directors and brother on the same day.
Chatterjee breathed his last on Thursday morning.
On a related note, earlier reports suggested that late music composer Wajid Khan also died of COVID-19. However, his family stated that the Jalwa crooner died due to cardiac arrest. There is no mention of coronavirus in the statement.
Meanwhile, singer Kanika Kapoor, producer Karim Morani, his daughters Zoa and Shahza Morani and actor Kiran Kumar have won the battle against the deadly virus. Recently television actor Mohena Kumari has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai actor and her family members are being treated for COVID-19 in Rishikesh.
