2020
has
been
an
unfortunate
year
for
the
film
industry.
In
the
past
few
months,
Bollywood
lost
eminent
personalities
like
Irrfan
Khan,
Rishi
Kapoor,
Basu
Chatterjee,
Wajid
Khan,
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
and
Saroj
Khan.
And
now,
here's
one
more
heartbreaking
news
coming
in.
Veteran
producer
and
director
Harish
Shah
passed
away
today
(July
7,
2020)
at
the
age
of
76
at
his
residence.
He
was
suffering
from
throat
cancer.
Shah
had
bankrolled
Feroz
Khan's
Kaala
Sona,
Rajesh
Khanna's
Mere
Jeevan
Sathi,
Sunny
Deol's
Jaal:
The
Trap
and
many
more.
As
a
director,
he
is
best
known
for
Dharmendra's
1988
film
Zalzala
and
Rishi
Kapoor-Neetu
Kapoor's
1980
film
Dhan
Daulat.
Harish
Shah
had
also
produced
a
short
film
on
cancer
titled,
Why
Me,
which
had
won
the
President
award.
His
brother
Vinod
Shah
was
quoted
as
saying
by
Indian
Express,
"Harish
was
battling
throat
cancer
for
ten
years.
He
passed
away
today
at
6
am.
He
was
76
years
old.
His
funeral
will
take
place
today
around
1
pm
at
Pawan
Hans
crematorium.
Because
of
the
Coronavirus
pandemic,
very
few
people
are
allowed
for
the
funeral.
It
is
going
to
be
only
2
or
3
of
us
to
do
his
last
rites."