Veteran filmmaker and father of actresses Kajol and Tanishaa and Tanuja’s ex-husband, Somdev Mukherjee (better known as Shomu Mukherjee) passed away in Mumbai, early Thursday morning. He was 65.
Son of Sashadhar Mukherjee, founder of Filmalaya Studios, Shomu was the youngest of the three siblings. While his brothers Deb and Joy went on to become actors, Shomu chose to pursue filmmaking and producing films. Some of his films include Sangdil Sanam and Ek Baar Muskura Do.
Shomu had been unwell for a while but was discharged from the hospital last week. His sudden death has come as a shock to the family since he had fully recovered. Shomu suffered from a cardiac arrest in sleep at 8:20 am.
For the past couple of months Kajol had been keeping a strict watch on his food and medication. According to reports, Kajol even stayed away from her family to spend time with her father in the hospital. Shomu used to lovingly call his elder daughter maa and took her advice on most issues.
Shomu’s son-in-law is popular film actor Ajay Devgan whose directorial debut U, Me Aur Hum opens in cinemas this Friday. Starring Ajay and Kajol the film is carrying extremely encouraging pre-release reports.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome
1 comment:
its so sad that kajol's father is no more.may his sole rest in peace..
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