Filmmaker and writer Neeraj Vora passed away. He was 54 years old.
He was admitted to the Criti Care, Andheri, where he breathed his last at 4 am on Thursday morning.
An official statement from the Vora family read, "He will be taken to Mr Firoz Nadiadwala's house BARKAT, from where he will be taken to the Santacruz Electric Crematorium at 3 pm."
Paresh Rawal who has starred in many of Mr Vora's films tweeted the news and said, " Neeraj Vora - The writer n director of Phir Hera Pheri n many hit films is no more ...Aum Shanti ."
Filmmaker Ashok Pandit tweeted, "Sad to know that one the finest Actor,Writer,Director,Producer & a dear friend Neeraj Vora passed away early morning at
#Criticare Hospital. Juhu. The Creamation will be held at 3 pm at SantaCruz West
#Mumbai. Opp Police station.
#RIP"
The Phir Hera Phera director had suffered a massive heart attack last year post which in he was in the coma. In August, the filmmaker was showing the signs of recovery.
The actor was being treated at friend Sajid Nadiadwala’s house in Mumbai where an entire room was being converted into an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a Mumbai Mirror report in August had suggested. “A room in filmmaker Firoz Nadiadwala’s Juhu home, Barkat Villa, has been converted into a fully-functional Intensive Care Unit (ICU). A physiotherapist, neurosurgeon, acupuncture therapist and general physician pay him weekly visits. This room has been home to writer-director-actor Neeraj Vora since March 11, with a 24-hour nurse, ward boy and cook.”
Mr Nadiadwala had said, “He’s been responding to audio therapy, particularly when we play his father’s (Pandit Vinayak Rai Nanalal Vora) music. He has yet to recover his speech but there are no infections or bed sores and the doctors have assured us that his life is out of danger.”
Apart from being a great director for films like Run Bhola Run, Hera Pheri 3, Shortkut: The Con Is On, Familywala, Phir Hera Pheri and Khiladi 420, Mr Vora was also a writer for films like Daud, Hera Pheri, Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar and Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal.
Mr Vora was all set to begin Phir Hera Pheri 3 but due to his ill health, the film was being postponed. Talking about his ill health Suniel Shetty had said in an earlier interview, “We must make it (part 3) for fans... I believe he (Neeraj) is doing better now. Once he is fit, we will roll out the film”.
May his soul rest in peace.
नयाँ रेक्सटनमा ९ वटा एअर ब्याक रहेका छन् र क्वाड फे्रम – उत्कृष्ट पाश्र्व टकराव सुरक्षा ) प्रयोग भएको छ । साथै, यो गाडी यात्रुहरुलाई आवश्यक सुरक्षा प्रदान गर्न र नेपालको सडक अवस्थाको आवश्यकताअनुसार, इलेक्टि्रक ब्रेक-फोर्स डीस्टी्रब्यूसन (इर्बीडी) र एंन्टी-लक ब्रेक्स(एबीएस), एन्टी-रोल-ओभर प्रोतेक्सन (आरपी), ब्रेक एसीस्ट सिस्टम, हील एसीस्ट सिस्टम, हील डीसेन्ट कन्ट्रोल, अल डीस्क ब्रेक र डीआरएल (डेटाइम रनीङ ल्याम्प्स)का साथ उपलब्ध छ ।
