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New Delhi, Filmmakers Sudhir Mishra, Hansal Mehta, actors Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sayani Gupta, and Sanjay Dutt paid wealthy tributes to veteran journalist, poet and filmmaker Pritish Nandy, who died in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Nandy died after a cardiac arrest at his residence in south Mumbai. He was 73.
As a movie producer, Nandy backed movies akin to “Hazaaron Khwahishen Aisi”, “Kaante”, “Jhankaar Beats”, “Chameli”, “Shabd”, and “Pyaar Ke Facet Results”.
Mishra expressed gratitude in direction of Nandy for producing his acclaimed 2005 movie “Hazaaron Khwahishen Aisi”.
“Pritish Nandy modified my life. Solely he might make ‘Hazaaron Khwahishen Aisi’. He taught me a lot. I’m so sorry Pritish Da. I couldn’t give you an concept for the sequel,” he wrote on X.
Mehta stated his most private work, the 2017 film “Omerta”, had misplaced “certainly one of its best patrons”. He revealed that it was Nandy who inspired him to make Rajkummar Rao-starrer which was based mostly on the lifetime of British-Pakistani terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh.
“I keep in mind after I first met him in 2005 I had shared the thought for ‘Omerta’. Let’s make it he stated. When no one had perception in me or my concepts Mr Pritish Nandy gave me the energy to dare, to dream and to inform tales that mattered to me – it doesn’t matter what.
“He didn’t find yourself producing ‘Omerta’ finally however I owe the movie and plenty of my journey starting from Shahid to him. We had essentially the most pleasant conversations, he was at all times candid with me and I at all times left his room very energized. So exhausting to imagine that he’s gone,” he posted on X.
Kareena, who acquired vital popularity of her efficiency as a intercourse employee in “Chameli”, shared an image from the set of the 2004 film with an infinity image and a folded fingers emoji as a caption.
Dutt stated Nandy was “a real artistic genius and a form soul” who could be missed. The actor labored in “Kaante” and “Shabd”.
“Fierce. Fearless. Effective. Godspeed Pritish Uncle,” director Meghna Gulzar wrote on Instagram.
Anil Kapoor posted on X, “Shocked and heartbroken by the lack of my expensive good friend Pritish Nandy. A fearless editor, a courageous soul, and a person of his phrase, he embodied integrity like no different.”
Nandy was the “youngest man within the room, essentially the most articulate and good”, stated Sayani Gupta, one of many lead actors of Prime Video sequence “4 Extra Photographs Please!”, which is backed by Nandy’s banner Pritish Nandy Communications.
“At all times smiling, at all times heat and with that glint in his eyes. He beloved a very good dialog. He beloved Bong ladies. And I knew he beloved me. He would at all times categorical his love & by no means shied away from appreciating the individuals round him. There are only a few people who find themselves this magnetic.
“An absolute stalwart. A real visionary. A rock star feminist who has created a few of the most iconic ladies characters for cinema. I considered him lots when his very shut good friend Mr. Ratan Tata handed away just lately. How he should be holding up. Can not imagine he left us so quickly. The pinnacle of our household simply left us. Hasn’t sunk in. I’m grateful for his grace, knowledge & the moments spent beneath his gentle. A deep deep loss,” Gupta wrote in an Instagram submit.
Bhumi Pednekar, who will subsequent be seen in Netflix sequence “The Royals” produced by Nandy, described Nandy as a visionary that disrupted the methods in his time.
“Deeply saddened by the passing of Pritish Nandy sir. His imaginative and prescient formed tales that touched hundreds of thousands, and I am grateful to have been part of a challenge he believed in,” Pednekar stated in an Instagram submit.
Actor-filmmaker Anupam Kher shared information of Nandy’s dying on social media on Wednesday evening.
Nandy was a Padma Shri recipient and a former Rajya Sabha member of the Shiv Sena. He was additionally an writer with round 40 books of poetry in English to his credit score.
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