Music
composer
Wajid
Khan
of
the
Sajid-Wajid
duo
passed
away
in
Mumbai
on
31
May
2020.
He
had
been
suffering
from
kidney
and
heart
ailments
and
was
diagnosed
with
COVID-19.
FilmiBeat
had
last
evening
reported
that
Wajid
Khan
was
in
a
hospital
in
Mumbai
in
serious
condition.
The
music
composer
has
now
breathed
his
last.
He
was
42.
Wajid
had
been
admitted
to
the
Kokilaben
Dhirubhai
Ambani
Hospital
in
Mumbai
and
was
reportedly
on
ventilator.
He
had
been
suffering
from
kidney
problem
for
the
past
few
years.
Sanjay
Tandon
of
the
Indian
Performing
Right
Society
(IPRS)
had
earlier
confirmed
the
news
of
Wajid's
hospitalisation
to
FilmiBeat,
saying,
“We
have
received
a
message
that
he
is
not
well
and
has
been
hospitalised.
I
am
trying
to
reach
Sajid
to
know
about
his
condition.''
Singer
Sonu
Nigam
said
on
Facebook
after
his
demise,
"My
Brother
Wajid
left
us." Music
composer
Salim
Merchant
of
Salim-Suleiman
duo
tweeted,
"Devastated
with
the
news
of
the
passing
away
of
my
brother
Wajid
of
Sajid
-Wajid
fame.
May
Allah
give
strength
to
the
family.
Safe
travels
bro
@wajidkhan7
.
you've
gone
too
soon.
It's
a
huge
loss
to
our
fraternity.
I'm
shocked
&
broken
.
Inna
Lillahi
wa
inna
ilayhi
raji'un".
Wajid
had
been
keeping
a
low
profile
due
to
his
ill-health
but
was
last
seen
making
an
appearance
at
the
music
launch
of
Salman
Khan’s
film
Dabanng
3.
Sajid-Wajid
have
been
Salman
Khan's
favourite
music
composers
and
were
given
a
break
by
the
Bollywood
superstar
in
his
film
Pyaar
Kiya
Toh
Darna
Kya
in
1998.
Sajid-Wajid
recently
composed
Salman
Khan's
lockdown
songs
Bhai
Bhai
and
Pyaar
Karona.
Wajid
Khan
was
the
grandson
of
Padma
Shri
Ustad
Abdul
Latif
Khan
and
the
son
of
tabla
player
Ustad
Sharafat
Ali
Khan.
Going
by
the
turn
of
events,
the
year
2020
is
not
at
all
a
happy
year.
In
the
past
few
months,
a
number
of
folks
from
the
entertainment
industry
in
Bollywood
as
well
as
the
south
have
suffered
poor
health,
with
some
having
passed
away.
Bollywood
was
rocked
with
the
back-to-back
deaths
of
acclaimed
actors
Irrfan
Khan
and
Rishi
Kapoor
on
April
29
and
30,
respectively.