Pritish Nandy death: Kareena Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, and other celebs pay tribute

A string of Bollywood personalities including names such as Kareena Kapoor Khan Anil Kapoor Sanjay Dutt and Hansal Mehta have mourned the death of Indian journalist turned director Pritish Nandy who died aged 73 on January 8Kareena who starred in the 2004 film ldquoChamelirdquo produced by Pritish and daughter Rangitas Pritish Nandy Communications took to her Instagram stories and shared pictures from the sets to pay a tribute to her producerA photograph had Kareena having a conversation with Pritish between shots She captioned it with a red heart folded hands and infinity emojis with the picturesldquoChamelirdquo director Sudhir Mishra took to his X formerly called Twitter account and wrote ldquoPritish Nandy changed my life Only he could Hazaaron Khwahishen Aisi He taught me so much I am so sorry Pritish Da I couldnrsquot come up with an idea for the sequel rdquoPritish Nandy changed my life Only he could Hazaaron Khwahishen Aisi He taught me so much I am so sorry Pritish Da I couldnrsquot come up with an idea for the sequel mdash Sudhir Mishra IAmSudhirMishra January 8 2025Filmmaker Hansal Mehta penned a note for Pritish on X which read ldquoSad sad news My most personal work has lost one of its greatest patrons You lived well Mr Nandy Will miss you terribly Deepest condolences to the entire familyrdquoI remember when I first met him in 2005 I had shared the idea for Omertagrave Letrsquos make it he said When nobody had belief in me or my ideas Mr Pritish Nandy gave me the strength to dare to dream and to tell stories that mattered to me no matter what He did not end up producinghellipmdash Hansal Mehta mehtahansal January 8 2025Sharing a monochrome picture of Pritish actor Anil Kapoor said that he was shocked on learning about his dear friendrsquos passingAnil wrote ldquoShocked and heartbroken by the loss of my dear friend Pritish Nandy A fearless editor a brave soul and a man of his word he embodied integrity like no otherrdquoActor Sanjay Dutt who featured in Pritish Nandyproduced ldquoKaanterdquo a 2002 thriller and 2005rsquos ldquoShabdrdquo wrote on X penned ldquoA true creative genius and a kind soul you will be missed sir PritishNandyrdquoA true creative genius and a kind soul you will be missed sir PritishNandy pictwittercomNKZQ4ITaEmmdash Sanjay Dutt duttsanjay January 8 2025It was on January 8 evening when veteran actor Anupam Kher confirmed the news of Nandyrsquos death due to cardiac arrestThe actor took to his X and shared a note in memory of the late director He shared two monochromatic images of the late director from decades apartAnupam wrote ldquoDeeply deeply saddened and shocked to know about the demise of one of my dearest and closest friends PritishNandy Amazing poet writer filmmaker and a brave and unique editorjournalist He was my support system and a great source of strength in my initial days in MumbairdquoDeeply deeply saddened and shocked to know about the demise of one of my dearest and closest friends PritishNandy Amazing poet writer filmmaker and a brave and unique editorjournalist He was my support system and a great source of strength in my initial days in Mumbai Wehellip pictwittercomQYshTlFNd2mdash Anupam Kher AnupamPKher January 8 2025He further mentioned ldquoWe shared lots of things in common He was also one of the most fearless people I had come across Always Larger than life I learnt so many things from him Offlate we didnrsquot meet often But there was a time when we were inseparable I will never forget when he surprised me by putting me on the cover of a magazine and more importantly TheIllustratedWeelky He was the true definition of I will miss you and our times together my friend Rest well HeartBrokenrdquoView this post on InstagramA post shared by Sayani G sayaniguptaPritish Nandy who was born in Bhagalpur in the state of Bihar to a Bengali family identified as an agnosticHe was a multifaceted personality as he was also a painter a poet and a producer He also served as a member of the Rajya Sabha representing Maharashtra He was elected as part of the thenunited Shiv Sena