{"id":458614,"date":"2023-03-24T10:29:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T04:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=458614"},"modified":"2023-03-24T10:29:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T04:59:55","slug":"pradeep-sarkar-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/entertainment\/pradeep-sarkar-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Mardaani director Pradeep Sarkar dies at 68; Ajay Devgn, Manoj Bajpayee and other celebs pay tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Renowned director Pradeep Sarkar bid adieu to the world at the age of 68 in the wee hours of Friday. Sarkar, who is known for directing hit films like Parineeta, Helicopter Eela, Mardaani, and Laga Chunari Mein Daag, breathed his last at around 3:30 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the reports, the filmmaker was on dialysis for a long time and his potassium levels had dropped drastically. So, he was immediately rushed to the hospital at around 3 am but couldn&#8217;t survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several celebrities including Ajay Devgn, Hansal Mehta, and Manoj Bajpayee paid tribute to the filmmaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ajay Devgn expressed his condolences and paid tribute to the National Film Award winner. He tweeted, The news of Pradeep Sarkar\u2019s demise, \u2018Dada\u2019 to some of us is still hard to digest. My deepest condolences. My prayers are with the departed and his family. RIP Dada!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The news of Pradeep Sarkar\u2019s demise, \u2018Dada\u2019 to some of us is still hard to digest. <br>My deepest condolences \ud83d\udc90. My prayers are with the departed and his family. RIP Dada \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>&mdash; Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajaydevgn\/status\/1639107829352255489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Actor Neetu Chandra, who was very close to Pradeep Sarkar and his sister Madhuri, also took to Twitter to express grief over his demise, She tweeted, Very sad to know about our dearest director Pradeep Sarkar dada. She said she started her career with him. He had an aesthetic talent to make his films look larger than life. From Parineeta, Laga Chunari Mein Daag to a number of movies. Dada, you will be missed. Rest In Peace (sic), she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Very sad to know about our dearest director <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pradeepsrkar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@pradeepsrkar<\/a> dada. I started my career with him. He had an aesthetic talent to make his films look larger than life. From <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Parineeta?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Parineeta<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lagachunrimeindaag?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lagachunrimeindaag<\/a> to a no. Of movies. Dada, you will be be missed. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RestInPeace?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RestInPeace<\/a> \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude14 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SrBachchan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SrBachchan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TDxUOP2quG\">pic.twitter.com\/TDxUOP2quG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UMRAO JAAN ADA (@nituchandra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nituchandra\/status\/1639098396706258945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Manoj Bajpayee was shocked to hear about the unfortunate demise of Pradeep Sarkar. He prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ohh! That\u2019s so shocking! <br>Rest in peace Dada!!\ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wOCqOlVd5Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/wOCqOlVd5Z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; manoj bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BajpayeeManoj\/status\/1639103078161956865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Hansal Mehta also paid tribute to Pradeep Sarkar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">Pradeep Sarkar. Dada. RIP. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/htxK4PiTLN\">pic.twitter.com\/htxK4PiTLN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehtahansal\/status\/1639100959669506049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the reports, Pradeep Sarkar&#8217;s funeral will take place today at 4 pm at Santacruz Hindu Crematorium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As per the reports, Pradeep Sarkar&#8217;s funeral will take place today at 4 pm at Santacruz Hindu Crematorium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":458631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Mardaani director Pradeep Sarkar dies at 68; Ajay Devgn, Manoj Bajpayee and other celebs pay tribute\n\n#PradeepSarkar #RIP","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[111252],"tags":[156630,156628,156629,156631,156632],"yst_prominent_words":[59120,4230,68986,20929,20920,16267],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/03\/24102821\/pradeep-sarkar-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458614"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=458614"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=458614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->