Vir
Chopra,
the
elder
brother
of
popular
director-producer
Vidhu
Vinod
Chopra,
passed
away.
As
per
reports,
Vir
Chopra
passed
away
on
July
5
due
to
COVID-19
complications.
According
to
close
sources,
he
was
admitted
to
HN
Reliance
Hospital,
Mumbai
after
getting
infected
with
Coronavirus,
for
over
21
days.
The
reports
published
in
TOI
suggest
that
Vir
Chopra
got
infected
with
COVID-19
when
he
was
in
the
Maldives.
He
returned
to
Mumbai
after
spending
over
2
days
in
the
Maldives
and
was
immediately
rushed
to
the
hospital.
Vir
Chopra
was
reportedly
admitted
to
the
Intensive
Care
Unit
(ICU)
right
from
the
day
he
got
admitted.
The
sources
have
also
confirmed
that
Vir
Chopra's
final
rites
were
held
on
July
6
in
Mumbai.
He
is
survived
by
his
wife,
renowned
sound
designer
Namita
Nayak
Chopra
and
son,
actor
Abhay
Chopra
aka
Vicky
Chopra.
On
the
work
front,
Vir
Chopra
had
associated
with
his
younger
brother
Vidhu
Vinod
Chopra
for
several
highly
popular
films
including
Munna
Bhai
MBBS,
Lage
Raho
Munna
Bhai,
3
Idiots,
and
so
on.
He
had
worked
as
a
script
consultant
in
most
of
his
brother's
projects
and
had
played
a
major
role
in
the
scripting
of
Parinda.
Chopra
was
also
the
creative
producer
of
some
of
the
popular
Bollywood
films,
including
Ferrari
Ki
Sawaari,
Eklavya:
The
Royal
Guard,
Parineeta,
Mission
Kashmir,
and
Kareeb.