Amid
the
lockdown,
Varun
Dhawan
took
to
his
Instagram
page
to
share
the
heartbreaking
news
of
his
maasi's
(aunt)
demise
today
(May
23,
2020).
The
Bollywood
actor
shared
a
picture
from
happier
times,
in
which
he
is
hugging
his
maasi.
Expressing
his
grief,
Varun
captioned
the
picture
with
lines
from
Gayatri
mantra.
He
wrote,
"Love
you
maa
si
rip
❤️
ॐ
ॐ
ॐ
ॐ
भूर्
भुवः
स्वः
तत्
सवितुर्वरेण्यं
भर्गो
देवस्य
धीमहि
धियो
यो
नः
प्रचोदयात्
ॐ
ॐ
भूर्
भुवः
स्वः
तत्
सवितुर्वरेण्यं
भर्गो
देवस्य
धीमहि
धियो
यो
नः
प्रचोदयात्
ॐ
ॐ
भूर्
भुवः
स्वः
तत्
सवितुर्वरेण्यं
भर्गो
देवस्य
धीमहि
धियो
यो
नः
प्रचोदयात्."
As
soon
as
Varun
broke
this
news
on
social
media,
his
friends
and
colleagues
from
the
industry
mourned
the
loss
of
the
actor's
aunt.
Sonam
Kapoor
commented,
"Omg
I'so
so
sorry
vd."
"My
god!
So
sorryyy
varun!!
Deepest
condolences," wrote
Nushrat
Bharucha.
Malaika
Arora
posted,
"Our
condolences",
along
with
a
folded
hands
emoji.
Sophie
Choudry
wrote,
"So
sorry
for
your
loss
VD.
Love
and
prayers
to
the
family.
May
her
soul
RIP🙏🏼😔."
"So
sorry
for
your
loss
Varun.
May
her
soul
rest
in
peace,"
read
Sonal
Chauhan's
comment.
Zoya
Akhtar
dropped
a
heart
emoji
under
Varun's
post.
Mouni
Roy
wrote,
"So
so
sorry
for
your
loss."
Varun
Dhawan
is
currently
homebound
owing
to
the
COVID-19
lockdown.
Speaking
about
work,
the
actor
was
last
seen
in
Remo
D'Souza's
Street
Dancer.
His
upcoming
film
is
his
dad
David
Dhawan's
Coolie
No.1,
alongside
Sara
Ali
Khan.
The
film
is
the
remake
of
Govinda-Karisma
Kapoor's
1995
film
with
the
same
name.