Veteran Writer-Director Sagar Sarhadi Passes Away After Long Illness In Mumbai

He was admitted to the ICU of a cardiac care hospital in Sion recently following a heart problem.

Veteran Writer-Director Sagar Sarhadi dies

Veteran writer-director Sagar Sarhadi, who has been scriptwriter for iconic films like 'Noorie', 'Bazaar', 'Kabhi Kabhie', 'Silsila', 'Chandni', 'Deewana' and 'Kaho Na Pyar Hai' passed away on Sunday in Mumbai, he was 88.

Sagar Sarhadi was admitted to the ICU of a cardiac care hospital in Sion recently following a heart problem.

He was admitted to the same hospital after suffering a heart attack in February 2018. Reports say he had completely lost appetite for food and water in the last few weeks days. 

Things To Know About Sagar Sarhadi

• Sagar Sarhadi, whose real name is Ganga Sagar Talwar was born in 1933 in Abbottabad, now in Pakistan.
• He was a veteran IPTA member who introduced artistes like Farooque Shaikh and Shabana Azmi in his inter-collegiate theatre competitions for Khalsa and St Xavier's in the late 60s and early 70s.
• Sarhadi had been one of the finest storytellers in the Hindi film industry. He had written scripts for movies Kabhie Kabhie, Silsila and Deewana that later on went to become blockbusters.
• His directorial Bazaar starring Smita Patil, Farooq Sheikh and Naseeruddin Shah was a critically acclaimed film.
• Not many of us know that he wrote dialogues for Hrithik Roshan-starrer Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai (2000). Sarhadi before entering the film industry, was an Urdu writer. He scripted several short stories and plays. Soon as the sad news of his death surfaced, many celebs took to Twitter to offer their condolences.

Reports say Saagar Sarhadi's funeral ceremony will be around 12 pm in Mumbai. 

May the departed soul rest in peace!

(With additional information from ABP Correspondent Ravi Jain)