Neeraj
Vora
Last
Rites;
Abhishek
Bachchan,
Rohit
Shetty,
Paresh
Rawal
attend
|
FilmiBeat
Bollywood
personalities
such
as
Rohit
Shetty
andAbhishek
Bachchan
attended
the
cremation
of
actor-writer
Neeraj
Vora,
who
passed
away
here
early
this
morning.
Known
for
films
like
Satya,
Phir
Hera
Pheri
and
Golmaal,
Vora
was
in
coma
for
over
a
year.
He
died
in
a
city
hospital
in
the
wee
hours
of
Thursday.
His
last
rites
were
performed
at
Santacruz
Hindu
Crematorium.
Several
celebrities
turned
up
to
bid
adieu
to
him
at
filmmaker
Firoz
Nadiadwala's
house,
where
Vora
had
been
staying
since
October
2016
after
slipping
into
a
coma.
Paresh
Rawal,
who
worked
with
him
on
many
films,
including
Hera
Pheri
and
Phir
Hera
Pheri,
which
Vora
directed,
was
present
at
the
funeral.
Vora
was
supposed
to
direct
the
third
instalment
of
the
hit
Hera
Pheri
franchise
and
Abhishek
Bachchan,
who
was
to
star
in
it,
also
attended
the
funeral
along
with
Rohit
Shetty,
whose
blockbuster
Golmaal
was
written
by
Vora.
Others
who
were
present
include
Ashutosh
Gowariker,
Abbas
Mustan
and
Hussain,
Darshal
Zariwala,
J
D
Majithija,
Deepak
Tijori,
Dilip
Joshi,
Dharmesh
Vyas,
Vipul
Shah,
Raju
Shrivastava,
Sajid
Nadiadwala,
Vrajesh
Heerji
and
Bunty
Walia.
Vora
went
into
coma
after
suffering
a
heart-attack
followed
by
a
brain
stroke.
Nadiadwala
had
brought
him
to
his
home
and
converted
a
room
into
a
make-shift
Intensive
Care
Unit
(ICU).
On
Wednesday
night,
when
his
health
deteriorated,
Vora
was
taken
to
the
hospital
where
he
passed
away.
As
a
writer,
Vora
began
working
in
the
late
1980's
on
TV
shows,
including
superstar
Shahrukh
Khan-starrer
"Circus",
while
his
first
professional
acting
assignment
was
filmmaker
Ketan
Mehta's
"Holi",
which
also
starred
Aamir
Khan
and
was
shot
as
part
of
a
student
project.
He
went
on
to
star
in
films
like
Rangeela.
which
was
also
his
debut
as
a
Bollywood
writer,
Raju
Ban
Gaya
Gentleman,
Akele
Hum
Akele
Tum,
Daud,
Virasat,
Mann
and
Company.
His
last
film
as
an
actor
was
Anil
Kapoor-starrer
Welcome
Back
in
2015.
Vora
also
wrote
the
first
part
of
the
Hera
Pheri
series
(2000),
directed
by
Priyadarshan
and
Shetty's
Golmaal
(2006).
His
directing
credits
included
films
such
as
Khiladi
420
and
Phir
Hera
Pheri.
Credits:
PTI