Pradeep Sarkar’s funeral: Deepika Padukone, Rani Mukerji, Vidya Balan and others attend the last rites of the director

National Award winner and veteran filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar, noted for making sensitive and powerful films like 'Parineeta' and 'Mardaani', passed away after a prolonged illness in Mumbai on March 24, 2023. He was 67. Several members of the film fraternity expressed their grief and shared condolences. His last rites was performed at the Santacruz Crematorium in Mumbai. Celebrities like Deepika Padukone, Vidya Balan, Rani Mukerji, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Dia Mirza, Sakshi Tanwar, Rhea Chakraborty, Divyanka Tripathi and others reached the crematorium and paid their last respects. According to his friends and associates, he was rushed to a hospital last night for kidney and related ailments, but failed to survive and breathed his last early this morning. Starting his entertainment career with commercials and music videos in the early 1900s, Sarkar debuted as a director with 'Parineeta' (2005) starring Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan and Vidya Balan. Over the years, he made other films like 'Laaga Chunari Me Daag' (2007), 'Lafangey Pandey' (2010), 'Mardaani' (2014), 'Helicopter Eela' (2016), and co-edited the superhit Vidhu Vinod Chopra film 'Munna Bhai MBBS' (2003). Since 2019, Sarkar has also directed web series like 'Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala', 'Arranged Marriage', 'Forbidden Love' and 'Duranga'.

Deepika Padukone arrives to pay her last respects to Pradeep Sarkar.

Sidharth Roy Kapur and Vidya Balan attend the last rites of Pradeep Sarkar.

Dia Mirza arrives to pay her last respects to Pradeep Sarkar.

Supriya Shukla attends the last rites of Pradeep Sarkar.

Divyanka Tripathi arrives with her husband Vivek Dahiya to pay their last respects to Pradeep Sarkar.

Rhea Chakraborty attends the last rites of Pradeep Sarkar.

Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Anupama Chopra arrive to pay their last respects to Pradeep Sarkar.

Nauheed Cyrusi and Rustom Contractor attend the last rites of Pradeep Sarkar.

Anand Pandit arrives to pay his last respects to Pradeep Sarkar.