Popular
film
editor
Ajay
Sharma
who
worked
on
films
like
Jagga
Jasoos
and
Ludo,
breathed
his
last
due
to
COVID-19
complications
on
Tuesday
(May
4,
2021).
His
untimely
demise
was
a
huge
shocker
for
the
team
of
Taapsee
Pannu's
upcoming
film
Rashmi
Rocket
on
which
he
was
working
before
his
death.
While
speaking
with
a
leading
tabloid,
one
of
the
film's
producers
revealed
that
after
being
diagnosed
with
COVID-19,
Ajay's
condition
had
stabilished
on
Saturday.
He
had
even
told
the
team
of
Rashmi
Rocket
that
his
oxygen
levels
had
improved
and
he
was
breathing
normally.
Producer
Pranjal
Khandhdiya
told
ETimes,
"Ajay
told
us
over
the
weekend
that
his
oxygen
levels
had
in
fact
improved.
We
got
to
know
this
morning
that
late
at
1
am
he
had
collapsed,
he
just
slipped
away."
Speaking
about
how
it
was
tough
to
get
Sharma
admitted
to
the
hospital,
Khandhdiya
revealed,
"Ajay
was
in
Delhi
last
week
when
he
got
infected
with
COVID.
He
needed
hospitalisation.
It
was
only
after
Anubhav
Sinha
and
Taapsee
(Pannu)
tried
for
hours
and
hours
that
they
managed
to
get
a
bed
for
him
in
the
Rajiv
Gandhi
Memorial
Hospital.
We
can't
believe
he's
gone
just
when
we
thought
that
he'd
soon
be
with
us."
Actress
Shriya
Pilgaonkar
was
one
of
the
first
ones
to
tweet
about
Sharma's
death.
She
had
written
on
her
Twitter
handle,
"Devastated
is
an
understatement.
We
lost
Ajay
Sharma
today.
Not
just
an
incredibly
fine
editor
but
an
absolute
gem
of
a
human
being.
Nothing
makes
sense."