Veteran Bollywood writer-director Sagar Sarhadi passed away on Monday morning at his Mumbai residence. The filmmaker was 88.
Sarhadi had earlier reportedly been admitted to the ICU of a cardiac care hospital, following a heart problem. His last rites will be performed later today (March 22).
Sagar Sarhadi, whose real name was Ganga Sagar Talwar was born in Abbottabad, now Pakistan, in 1933. He was a veteran member of IPTA who introduced exemplary performers like Farooque Shaikh and Shabana Azmi in his inter-collegiate theatre competitions for colleges like Khalsa and St Xavier’s in the late 60s and early 70s.
Sarhadi, one of the finest storytellers in the Hindi film industry had penned scripts for movies like ‘Kabhi Kabhi’, ‘Silsila’, ‘Noori’, and the Hrithik Roshan debut ‘Kaho Na Pyar Hai’, among others that went to become blockbusters. He had produced and directed the 1982 movie ‘Bazar’ and had also written a few serials for TV and stage.
Many Bollywood actors have come forward to pay their condolences. Actor Jackie Shroff took to his Instagram. Sharing a photo of the legend, Shroff wrote, “Will Miss You……R.I.P.”