Music composer Wajid Khan breathed his last in the early morning after suffering a cardiac arrest. He had tested positive for Covid-19. Well, known singer-composer was laid to rest at the Versova Kabrastan in Mumbai, in the presence of his brother Sajid Khan and actor Aditya Pancholi.
Wajid Khan was famous for composing peppy numbers along with his brother Sajid. Condolences poured in from the music industry to Bollywood. Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan, Karan Johar, Varun Dhawan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Kapoor, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam and others paid heartfelt tributes to their beloved Wajid on their social media handle.
Wajid Vil always love, respect, remember n miss u as a person
Salman Khan took to his Twitter to mourn the demise of a friend and composer Wajid Khan. In his tweet, he wrote, “Wajid Vil always love, respect, remember n miss u as a person n ur talent, Love u n may your beautiful soul rest in peace …”
It feels unreal… Wajid bhai, I close my eyes and only see your smiling face
Shreya Ghoshal penned an emotional heartfelt note on her Instagram, “I can’t believe I am writing this. It feels unreal… Wajid bhai, I close my eyes and only see your smiling face. You always saw positivity in any situation, gave so much warmth, happiness and strength to everyone around you. I was a newcomer in the industry when I first met you, but you made me feel like family, so touched by your humility, sensitivity, dedication, unrelenting love for doing good for people, above and beyond being a supremely gifted composer singer. Every time we spoke you said you have made so many beautiful melodies that you want record, you were an unstoppable force of music. I pray that wherever you are, you are resting in peace. May god give strength to the family. This goodbye is too difficult. R.I.P”
Wajid Khan was very humble courteous and always smiling
Anupam Kher expressed his shock and tweeted, “Deeply shocked & saddened by the untimely demise of greatly talented #WajidKhan of the #SajidWajid team. I had met him at few occasions. He was very humble, courteous and always smiling. May God give his family the courage to deal with this loss. Will pray to almighty.”
Wajid: Wonderful composer, wonderful human being
Amit Trivedi wrote on Twitter, “Wonderful composer, wonderful human being Wajid bhai gone too soon. deeply saddened to hear this. may god give strength to his family and friends”
He had this childlike innocent mischievous smile
Singer Rekha Bhardwaj shares, “Have woken up to this terrible terrible news of Wajid’s passing away .. Whenever we met we talked about music and things in general.. he had this childlike innocent mischievous smile that i can never forget . Sang a beautiful song #Kanha for #SajidWajid sad day.”
Woke up to this terrible news
Anubhav Sinha wrote on Twitter, “Just woke up to this terrible terrible news is Wajid passing away. Good lord, take good care of him. Bless his dear ones.”
hour-long conversations and your fun-filled smile will be missed
Sharing a picture on her Insta handle, Monali Thakur wrote, “My heart bleeds to even imagine the reality.. #wajidbhai you were indeed one of the sweetest and warmest people I ever knew.. I still can’t believe this.. the hour-long conversations and your fun-filled smile will be missed for good.. Hope you rest in peace dear brother….. You will be missed so much… Your positive energy which is such a rare thing these days, will be missed painfully by the ones who knew you.. loved you”
Talented and ever-smiling…gone too soon
Akshay Kumar mourned and shares, “Shocked and saddened to hear about the untimely demise of #WajidKhan, talented and ever-smiling…gone too soon. May God give strength to his family in this difficult time.”
I have lost a dear brother
Adnan Sami posted a picture with Wajid Khan on Twitter and wrote, ‘I’m shocked!! I’ve lost a dear brother Wajid! I can’t come to grips with this tragic news… He was such a beautiful soul…May Allah SWT bless him in Jannat-ul-Firdaus…Ameen.’
A bright smiling talent passes away
Amitabh Bachchan wrote, “Shocked at the passing of Wajid Khan .. a bright smiling talent passes away .. duas , prayers and in condolence 🙏🙏🙏— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) June 1, 2020
Palak Muchhal pays homage to Wajid Khan
Palak Muchhal wrote on Twitter, “Deeply saddened to hear about the passing of #WajidKhan sir, who had been an integral part of my journey since the very beginning! Rest in peace”
The one thing I will always remember is Wajid bhai’s laugh
Priyanka Chopra tweeted, “Terrible news. The one thing I will always remember is Wajid bhai’s laugh. Always smiling. Gone too soon. My condolences to his family and everyone grieving. Rest in peace my friend. You are in my thoughts and prayers. @wajidkhan7”
Am just not able to come to terms with this! Shocking! Goodbye dear brother
Shankar Mahadevan remembered Wajid Khan with a picture share on Twitter. Shankar wrote: “Am just not able to come to terms with this! Shocking! Goodbye dear brother. love you .. till we meet on the other side! Prayers for your peaceful journey Wajidbhai”.
your music will always live on
Karan Johar tweeted, #RIPWajidKhan your music will always live on…deepest condolences to the family and loved ones ….gone too soon…..
Selfless he would call and talk about a song he had just heard from a film of mine
Producer Nikkhil Advani mentioned, “One thing I will remember about #wajid bhai was that he loved the film industry. Selfless he would call and talk about a song he had just heard from a film of mine. Then call the composer, lyricists and singers. He loved being part of this fraternity. Always smiling. #RIPWajid
Every music session with him was memorable
Parineeti Chopra expressed, “Wajid Bhai you were the nicest, nicest nicest man! Always smiling. Always singing. All heart. Every music session with him was memorable. You will truly be missed wajid bhai. #WajidKhan
I used to call him my brother from another mother
Preity Zinta shares, I used to call him my brother from another mother. Besides being unbelievably talented he was so gentle & sweet. I’m so heartbroken that I did not get to say Goodbye my sweet @wajidkhan7 I will miss you & our jam sessions forever. Till we meet again #RIP #WajidKhan #Gonetoosoon
Hard to believe we won’t meet again, talk again, laugh again
