Saurabh
Narang,
the
man
who
had
directed
the
Sushmita
Sen
starrer
Vaastu
Shastra
(2004)
is
no
more
between
us.
He
was
battling
stomach
cancer
for
last
few
months
and
passed
away
on
Saturday
morning
(26-06-2010).
He
was
in
Sri
Lanka
where
he
was
undergoing
treatment.
Barely
in
his
30s,
he
started
off
quite
young
in
the
industry
when
he
bagged
an
opportunity
to
direct
one
of
the
first
horror
films
coming
from
the
house
of
Ram
Gopal
Varma,
Vaastu
Shastra.
The
film
was
a
moderate
success.
Narang
was
looking
at
making
a
comeback
by
directing
a
new
film.
As
per
reports,
the
film
was
titled
Return
Gift
and
was
supposed
to
star
Rajeev
Khandelwal.
Many
of
his
friends
from
the
industry
were
shocked
to
hear
about
his
demise
though
they
were
aware
about
his
suffering
from
cancer.
Film
makers
like
Sudhir
Mishra,
Suparn
Verma,
Shivajee
Chandrabhushan
and
Sachin
Khot
were
especially
fond
of
him.
Acknowledged
as
being
one
of
the
nicest
young
film
makers
in
the
industry,
his
demise
is
being
mourned.
His
body
was
brought
to
Delhi
where
the
last
rites
would
be
held.