Bollywood
action
director
Parvez
Khan
passed
away
on
Monday
(July
27,
2020)
after
suffering
a
massive
heart
attack.
He
was
55.
His
long-time
assistant
Nishant
Khan
was
quoted
as
saying
by
Indian
Express,
"He
was
rushed
to
a
nearby
hospital
but
was
pronounced
dead.
He
was
completely
fine
and
healthy.
Last
night,
he
felt
chest
pain.
He
would
often
tell
people
that
one
has
to
go
through
pain
in
life
and
it
was
no
big
deal.
His
team
would
call
him
Tiger
because
he
never
gave
a
reaction
for
any
pain."
Hansal
Mehta
who
worked
with
him
on
the
National
Award-winning
film
Shahid
mourned
his
demise
and
wrote
on
his
Twitter
page,
"Just
heard
that
action
director
Parvez
Khan
is
no
more.
We
had
worked
together
in
Shahid
where
he
executed
the
riots
sequence
in
a
single
take.
Very
skillful,
energetic,
and
a
good
man.
RIP
Parvez.
Your
voice
still
rings
in
my
ears!"
"Heartfelt
condolences
to
the
family
!!
May
he
rest
in
peace!!!🙏🙏," tweeted
Manoj
Bajpayee.
Reportedly,
Parveez
was
cremated
on
Monday
evening
at
Hanuman
Nagar
cemetery
in
Kandivali.
He
is
survived
by
wife,
son,
daughter-in-law
and
granddaughter.
According
to
Parvez
Khan's
website,
his
father
Fazal
Khan
was
a
stunt
director
in
Hindi
films.
He
learnt
the
craft
from
his
brother
Usman
Khan.
He
began
his
career
by
assisting
action
director
Akbar
Bakshi
Master
and
worked
on
films
like
Shah
Rukh
Khan's
Baazigar
and
Akshay
Kumar's
Khiladi
franchise.
The
turning
point
in
his
career
was
Ram
Gopal
Varma's
Ab
Tak
Chhappan
in
2003.
Parvez
went
on
to
contribute
to
stunt
work
in
films
like
Bullett
Raja,
Johnny
Gaddaar,
Ra.One,
Badlapur,
AndhaDhun
among
others.
His
last
work
is
Arjun
Kapoor-Parineeti
Chopra's
Sandeep
Aur
Pinky
Faraar
which
is
yet
to
be
released.