Here's
some
heartbreaking
news
coming
in.
Noted
writer
and
filmmaker
Sagar
Sarhadi,
known
for
films
like
Kabhi
Kabhie,
Silsila
and
Bazaar,
passed
away
on
Sunday
(March
22,
2021).
He
breathed
his
last
at
the
age
of
88
at
his
residence
in
Sion
in
Mumbai.
His
nephew
Ramesh
Talwar
told
PTI,
"He
passed
away
shortly
before
midnight.
He
wasn't
keeping
well
for
some
time
and
had
even
stopped
eating.
He
passed
away
peacefully."
He
further
revealed
that
Sarhadi's
last
rites
will
be
performed
at
Sion
crematorium
today.
As
soon
as
the
news
of
Sarhadi's
demise
broke,
celebrities
like
Hansal
Mehta
and
Jackie
Shroff
took
to
their
respective
social
media
handles
to
condole
the
sad
news.
Bollywood
actor
Jackie
Shroff
shared
a
throwback
picture
of
the
filmmaker
and
wrote,
"Will
Miss
You...R.I.P."
Born
as
Ganga
Sagar
Talwar
in
Baffa,
near
Abbottabad
city,
now
Pakistan,
it
is
said
that
the
late
filmmaker
adapted
the
title
'Sarhadi'
to
carry
with
him
the
connection
of
the
frontier
province,
after
he
migrated
to
Delhi
aged
12.
Sarhadi
began
his
career
writing
Urdu
short
stories
and
became
an
Urdu
playwright.
However,
it
was
his
screenplay
for
Yash
Chopra's
Kabhi
Kabhie
which
catapulted
him
to
fame.
He
went
on
to
pen
films
like
Noorie,
Chandni,
Deewana
and
Kaho
Na
Pyar
Hai.
In
1982,
Sarhadi
turned
director
with
Bazaar
which
starred
Supriya
Pathak
Shah,
Farooq
Shaikh,
Smita
Patil
and
Naseeruddin
Shah
in
leading
roles.