The National award winning director suffered a massive cardiac arrest this morning and passed away at his residence in Kolkata.
Film industry woke up to a shocking news today. Acclaimed Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh (49) passed away due to a major cardiac arrest at 7.30 am this morning at his residence in Kolkata.
In his 19-year long career, Ghosh directed several successful films that went on to win multiple National Awards. Some of his more acclaimed films include Unishe April, Raincoat and Utsab among others.
Bollywood took to Twitter to announce their shock at this sad news. Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar Tweeted, “I had met Ritu a couple of time, he was a very warm & humorous person. He most definitely will be missed. I m speechless & shocked to know that talented filmmaker Rituparna Ghosh has expired.”
While actor Vivek Vaswani said, “RIP rituporno ghosh! Too early, and just when your seeds for a new Bengali cinema were bearing ripe fruits!”
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