Filmmaker Hansal Mehta, is currently mourning the death of his father who recently passed away. The director, who is quite active on social media, shared a throwback picture with his father on Twitter and informed fans that the latter has passed away. He also penned an emotional note for him along with the photo. He called his father 'the most gentle and generous human being that I’ve ever met'.
Sharing the news of his father’s demise, Hansal Mehta wrote, “I always thought he would outlive me. I was wrong. See you on the other side Pappa. The most handsome man in the world. And the most gentle and generous human being that I’ve ever met. Thank you Pappa for your unconditional love. Thank you my legend, my hero.”
Soon after he shared the sad news, many celebs including Manoj Bajpayee, Farhan Akhtar, Pooja Bhatt and others offered their condolences. Farhan wrote, “Deepest condolences” followed by folded hands while Pooja commented, “My deepest condolences to you and the family Hansal.” Even Pratik Gandhi dropped a comment that read, “Heartfelt condolences sir.”
Earlier Hansal Mehta has revealed that six people in his family were battling Covid-19 recently. He had tweeted, “6 people in my home including me were COVID positive. Our son was critical. But we were helpless as we were sick too. Thankfully we were in Mumbai where hospital beds, oxygen and medicines were available. We are all hopefully now on the road to recovery.”
In April, Hansal had revealed that his wife and two daughters were undergoing treatment for the coronavirus.