Popular comedian Raju Srivastava, who passed away on September 21 after a 40 day battle in the ICU at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Aiims), has been cremated at the Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi.
Raju Srivastava had suffered a heart attack on August 10 while working out in a gym. He was then rushed to Aiims. Since then, he was on a ventilator.
On Thursday morning, Raju Srivastava’s mortal remains were taken in an ambulance covered with white flowers to the crematorium around 9 in the morning for the funeral. His son Ayushmaan performed the last rites as per Hindu rituals.
The funeral was attended by veteran poet-humourists Surendra Sharma, Ashok Chakradhar and filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar. Fellow comedians and friends such as Sunil Pal and Ahsaan Qureshi too were in attendence.
Raju Srivastava is survived by Shikha, whom he married in 1993, and their children Antara and Ayushman.
Raju Srivastava had suffered a heart attack on August 10 while working out in a gym. He was then rushed to Aiims. Since then, he was on a ventilator.
On Thursday morning, Raju Srivastava’s mortal remains were taken in an ambulance covered with white flowers to the crematorium around 9 in the morning for the funeral. His son Ayushmaan performed the last rites as per Hindu rituals.
The funeral was attended by veteran poet-humourists Surendra Sharma, Ashok Chakradhar and filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar. Fellow comedians and friends such as Sunil Pal and Ahsaan Qureshi too were in attendence.
Raju Srivastava is survived by Shikha, whom he married in 1993, and their children Antara and Ayushman.
- 9/22/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Jagran Film Festival 2011 to be inaugurated in Kanpur
The 2nd edition of Jagran Film Festival, the traveling film festival initiated by Jagran Prakashan will be inaugurated in Kanpur on July 9, 2011. The festival will then travel to nine other cities: Allahabad, Agra, Varanasi, Patna, Meerut, Dehradun, Lucknow, Ranchi and Jamshedpur.
Dharavi directed by Sudhir Mishra will be the opening film of the festival.
The films that will be screened in the two days of the Kanpur chapter of the festival are: Radio Comes To Rampur by Asha Dutta, Sikandar by Piyush Jha, Haat: The Weekly Bazar by Seema Kapoor, Gandhi To Hitler by Rakesh Ranjan Kumar, Teesra Rasta (documentary) directed by Anwar Jamal.
There will be a Panel Discussion on Day 2 of the festival the topic for which is: “Does State Funding of Cinema restrict its reach?” Panelists in the discussion would be: Sudhir Mishra, Om Puri, Sanjay Suri, Seema Kapoor,...
The 2nd edition of Jagran Film Festival, the traveling film festival initiated by Jagran Prakashan will be inaugurated in Kanpur on July 9, 2011. The festival will then travel to nine other cities: Allahabad, Agra, Varanasi, Patna, Meerut, Dehradun, Lucknow, Ranchi and Jamshedpur.
Dharavi directed by Sudhir Mishra will be the opening film of the festival.
The films that will be screened in the two days of the Kanpur chapter of the festival are: Radio Comes To Rampur by Asha Dutta, Sikandar by Piyush Jha, Haat: The Weekly Bazar by Seema Kapoor, Gandhi To Hitler by Rakesh Ranjan Kumar, Teesra Rasta (documentary) directed by Anwar Jamal.
There will be a Panel Discussion on Day 2 of the festival the topic for which is: “Does State Funding of Cinema restrict its reach?” Panelists in the discussion would be: Sudhir Mishra, Om Puri, Sanjay Suri, Seema Kapoor,...
- 7/8/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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