Sidharth Shukla funeral preparation begins - video

Preparations for Sidharth Shukla's funeral began on Friday, a day after he passed away suffering a massive heart attack at the young age of 40.

Hyderabad: Television star Sidharth Shukla's last rites will be performed in the afternoon at Mumbai's Oshiwara crematorium, reports suggest. Preparations for Shukla's funeral began on Friday, a day after he passed away suffering a massive heart attack at the young age of 40.

Visuals of an ambulance being adorned with flowers for Bigg Boss star's final journey have surfaced. According to several reports, the funeral of the late actor will take place at Oshiwara at 12 pm. Initially, reports suggested that the cremation was to take place at Brahma Kumari but due to permission issues, it will now take place at Oshiwara.

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The Indian showbiz industry woke up to the shocking news of actor Sidharth Shukla's death on Thursday. Since then, colleagues and friends are thronging late actor's residence in Mumbai. Celebrities like Shagufta Jariwala, Devoleena Bhattacharjee, Aly Goni, Jasmin Bhasin, Arti Singh, Asim Riaz and Arjun Bijlani were snapped outside his residence as they wait for the body to arrive from Cooper Hospital.