On
Wednesday,
8
September
2021,
Akshay
Kumar
took
to
his
Twitter
account
to
inform
his
fans
and
followers
that
his
mother
Aruna
Bhatia
has
left
for
her
heavenly
abode.
Hours
after
his
mother's
funeral
took
place,
the
actor
also
made
his
way
to
attend
the
funeral
of
director
Aanand
L
Rai's
mother.
The
filmmaker's
mother
also
reportedly
passed
away
on
Wednesday
morning
but
the
cause
of
her
demise
is
still
unknown.
Akshay
was
photographed
by
the
paparazzi,
alone
at
the
funeral.
Akshay
and
Aanand
are
working
together
on
Atrangi
Re,
with
Sara
Ali
Khan
and
Dhanush.
The
duo
is
also
collaborating
on
Raksha
Bandhan
with
Bhoomi
Pednekar,
which
was
announced
earlier
this
year.
Meanwhile,
Akshay
along
with
his
wife
Twinkle
Khanna
and
daughter
Nitara
were
even
photographed
at
Aruna's
funeral,
earlier
in
the
day.
The
family
was
accompanied
by
Twinkle's
mother
Dimple
Kapadia,
Rohit
Shetty,
Riteish
Deshmukh
and
producer
Ramesh
Taurani
among
others.
In
his
social
media
post,
Akshay
had
shared
the
news
of
his
mother's
demise
with
the
following
note:
“She
was
my
core.
And
today
I
feel
an
unbearable
pain
at
the
very
core
of
my
existence.
My
maa
Smt
Aruna
Bhatia
peacefully
left
this
world
today
morning
and
got
reunited
with
my
dad
in
the
other
world.
I
respect
your
prayers
as
I
and
my
family
go
through
this
period.
Om
Shanti.”
As
soon
as
the
actor
shared
the
heart-breaking
news,
many
fans
and
B-town
celebs
like
Salman
Khan,
Ajay
Devgn,
Jacqueline
Fernandez,
Parineeti
Chopra
among
others
condoled
her
demise.