PM Modi, Congress remember Neeraj Vora, Bollywood mourns loss of filmmaker-actor
Neeraj Vora
Neeraj Vora died aged 54 after suffering from an year long illness
Filmmaker and actor Neeraj Vora died at the age of 54, Thursday morning.
He was in a state of coma for almost a year after suffering a heart attack, post which he had a stroke.
When Vora had been in comatose, Bollywood producer Firoz Nadiadwala took care of all his medical expenses. As disclosed by Nadiadwala himself, Vora occupied a special room in former'sbungalow where the ailing writer-director was attended to by a fleet of medical experts, nurses, dieticians and well-wishers.
In a statement he said,"He passed away at 4 am on Thursday. I've lost the battle to save my brother and friend from the clutches of death. His health had improved so much. But it deteriorated suddenly on Friday."
The cremation is to take place at 3 pm today, at the Santacruz crematorium in Mumbai.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted:
Bollywood also took to Twitter to express their sorrow: