Veteran
art
director
Leeladhar
Sawant,
who
is
also
the
recipient
of
the
Dadasaheb
Phalke
Award,
is
facing
a
huge
financial
crisis.
According
to
an
ANI
report,
Sawant
has
been
living
with
his
wife
in
Jaulka
village
of
Washim
district
of
Maharashtra
for
the
past
10
years.
He
has
suffered
two
brain
haemorrhages
in
the
past
and
also
underwent
two
bypass
surgeries.
His
wife
Pushpa
Sawant
has
revealed
that
their
majority
of
savings
have
gone
in
his
medical
treatment
of
the
veteran
art
director.
Sawant
has
worked
in
the
film
industry
for
25
years
and
has
given
art
direction
in
a
total
of
177
films
like
Sagar,
Hatya,
110
Days,
Deewana,
Had
Kar
Di
Apne
and
Anari
No.
1.
Pushpa
also
claimed
that
her
Leeladhar
once
recommended
Govinda
to
Kirti
Kumar,
the
director
of
Hatya,
for
the
film.
She
then
urged
those
who
knew
and
loved
Leeladhar
Sawant
to
come
forward
and
help
them.
"I
request
all
the
actors
with
whom
he
has
worked
to
help
him.
He
had
undergone
2
bypass
surgeries
and
2
brain
haemorrhages," she
told
ANI.
The
couple
has
a
daughter
who
is
married
and
they
also
had
a
son,
who
died
of
cancer
a
few
months
after
his
marriage.
The
veteran
art
director's
wife
spoke
about
his
struggles
and
hardships
and
shared
that
at
present,
her
husband
cannot
even
talk
properly
due
to
the
surgeries.
As
of
now,
the
couple
are
surviving
on
the
rent
that
they
get
from
their
tenant
living
in
their
house.
Maharashtra
|
Wife
of
Dadasaheb
Phalke
recipient
&
Art
Director
for
25
years
in
film
industry,
Leeladhar
Sawant
claims
they
are
facing
hardship
I
request
all
the
actors
with
whom
he
has
worked
to
help
him.
He
had
undergone
2
bypass
surgeries
&
2
brain
hemorrhages:
Pushpa
Sawant
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