Bollywood's
veteran
lyricist
Anwar
Sagar
passed
away
on
Wednesday,
June
3,
at
the
age
of
70.
The
cause
of
his
death
is
not
yet
known.
According
to
reports,
Anwar
was
pronounced
dead
after
being
admitted
to
the
Kokilaben
Dhirubai
Ambani
Hospital
in
Mumbai.
Tweeting
about
his
passing,
the
Indian
Performing
Right
Society
Limited
wrote,
"Veteran
lyricist
and
IPRS
member
Anwar
Sagar
has
passed
away.
Known
for
writing
songs
like
'Vaadaa
Raha
Sanam',
he
also
penned
lyrics
for
iconic
movies
like
#Vijaypath
&
#Yaraana.
Our
thoughts
&
prayers
are
with
his
family
in
this
difficult
time.
May
his
soul
#RIP."
Veteran
lyricist
and
IPRS
member
Anwar
Sagar
has
passed
away.
Known
for
writing
songs
like
'Vaadaa
Raha
Sanam',
he
also
penned
lyrics
for
iconic
movies
like
#Vijaypath
&
#Yaraana.
Our
thoughts
&
prayers
are
with
his
family
in
this
difficult
time.
May
his
soul
#RIP.
—
Indian
Performing
Right
Society
Limited
(@IPRSmusic)
June
3,
2020
Anwar
Sagar
had
worked
on
a
number
of
films
in
the
1980s
and
'90s
such
as
Jackie
Shroff's
Sapne
Saajan
Ke,
Akshay
Kumar
starrers
Khiladi
and
Main
Khiladi
Tu
Anari,
Ajay
Devgn
starrer
Vijaypath,
and
the
David
Dhawan
directorial
Yaraana.
It
was
only
a
couple
of
days
back
that
another
music
great
from
Bollywood,
composer
and
playback
singer
Wajid
Khan
breathed
his
last.
Wajid
died
of
a
cardiac
arrest
on
May
31.
It
was
confirmed
that
he
had
tested
positive
for
COVID-19
and
also
suffered
from
kidney
ailments.