Saajan producer Sudhakar Bokade passes away

Noted filmmaker Sudhakar Bokade passed away due to a heart attack in Mumbai on July 8, family sources said. He was 57. 

He is survived by daughters Divya and Kiran and son Krishna. 

His last rites were performed at Oshiwara crematorium, with family and close friends.

Bokade was admitted to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Andheri, a western suburb of Mumbai, two days ago due to breathing problems. He passed away last night after a heart attack, his son Krishna informed. 

Krishna and his father were visiting Malaysia. On the journey back, Bokade complained of difficulty in breathing following which he was hospitalised.

Bokade has produced films like Salman Khan-Madhuri Dixit-Sanjay Dutt-starrer Saajan, Nana Patekar's Prahaar, Saif Ali Khan's Sanam Teri Kasam and Ajay Devgn's Dhanwaan among others.

Actor Shreyas Talpade arrives to pay his respects.