The Bollywood industry woke up to the sad and painful news of the sudden demise of Mandira Bedi’s husband Raj Kaushal. The filmmaker had died of a massive heart attack on the morning of Wednesday.
Kaushal’s sudden death leaving the showbiz industry in a shock. From film fraternity to fans, several Bollywood celebrities took to social media platforms to express grievances and pay their tribute to Raj Kaushal.
Actor and author Anupama Kher expressed his condolences and tweets, “Deeply saddened & shocked to know about the sudden demise of #RajKaushal! A friend, a filmmaker & a very positive man. Have some great memories of working with him & spending time with him a few years back. Sorry, dearest @mandybedi & family for your irreparable loss. 🙏#OmShanti”.
Deeply saddened & shocked to know about the sudden demise of #RajKaushal! A friend, a film maker & a very positive man. Have some great memories of working with him & spending time with him few years back. Sorry dearest @mandybedi & family for your irreparable loss. 🙏#OmShanti pic.twitter.com/HrzULdJhYd
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) June 30, 2021
Actor Vicky Kaushal posts a group selfie with Raj Kaushal and wrote, “The last Ad shoot I did in 2020 before lockdown hit us was with #Rajkaushal. Saddened to hear about his sudden demise. My condolences and prayers to his family and friends.”
Ranganathan Madhavan tweets, “I just don’t know what to say. No words nor lines can express how devastating this news has been. One of the nicest guys with a heart of gold is now lighting up the heavens. Farewell, my bro @rajkaushal1. Our world just got very very small. “.
I just don’t know what to say. No words nor lines can express how devastating this news has been. One of the nicest guys with a heart of gold is now lighting up the heavens. Farewell my bro @rajkaushal1. Our world just got very very small. 🙏🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/KBZZz7ejVF
— Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) June 30, 2021
Arshad Warsi shared a picture of Raj Kaushal and expressed his condolences to the late director and friend. He tweeted, “Today I lost a very dear friend, my condolences to his family. Known Raj Kaushal, for years, done a film with him, enjoyed every minute of his company. I have never seen a frown on his face, he was always smiling, always there if you needed him…will miss you brother… RIP.
Today I lost a very dear friend, my condolences to his family. Known Raj Kaushal, for years, done a film with him, enjoyed every minute of his company. I have never seen a frown on his face, he was always smiling, always there if you needed him…will miss you brother… RIP. pic.twitter.com/5HpVNvxJ8r
— Arshad Warsi (@ArshadWarsi) June 30, 2021
Close friend Neha Dhupia shared a group photo both of her with Mandira and Raj on Instagram. She further captions the post with, “Raj, we took this picture to create more and more memories…can believe you are nt anymore with us…Mandira, my strong strong girl, I am at a loss of words. M hearts belongs to Vir …Tara…I’m shaken up and in shock and disbelief as I write this, RIP Raj.”
Raj , we took this picture to create more and more memories… can’t believe you are nt with us anymore … Mandira , my strong strong girl, I am at a loss of words. My heart belongs to Vir and Tara ❤️ … I’m shaken up and in shock and disbelief as I write this , RIP Raj pic.twitter.com/gC6zYQdazo
— Neha Dhupia (@NehaDhupia) June 30, 2021
Manoj Bajpayee also penned a heartfelt note for Raj on his Twitter account.
He tweets, “No news can be more shocking and tragic for us personally than loosing our dear friend and a fantastic human being Raj Kaushal !! It will definitely take time to come to terms with this loss!! Rest in peace my friend 🙏”
No news can be more shocking and tragic for us personally than loosing our dear friend and a fantastic human being Raj kaushal !! It will definitely take time to come to terms with this loss!! Rest in peace my friend 🙏
— manoj bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) June 30, 2021
FWICE Chief Advisor Ashoke Pandit to actor Randeep Hooda, actress Kriti Kharbanda, Lara Dutta Bhupathi, Anand Kumar, Sreedhar Pillai all are taken to social media to condole Raj Kaushal’s death.