Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui just took to his social media profile and wrote a heartfelt tribute for writer-director Sagar Sarhadi, who passed away on Monday morning at his Mumbai residence. He was 88 when he breathed his last.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui took to his social media and wrote, “His Rhythmic writing and his Poetic style Direction have inspired many including me. It was a pleasure to have worked with #SagarSarhadi Saahab in an unreleased film and witnessing his finesse first hand. Rest In Peace”
Sagar Sarhadi, whose real name was Ganga Sagar Talwar was born in Abbottabad, now in Pakistan, in the year 1933. He was a veteran member of IPTA who introduced exemplary performers like Farooque Shaikh and Shabana Azmi in his inter-collegiate theatre competitions for colleges like Khalsa and St Xavier’s in the late 60s and early 70s.
Sarhadi, one of the finest storytellers in the Hindi film industry had penned scripts for movies like ‘Kabhi Kabhi’, ‘Silsila’, ‘Noori’, and the Hrithik Roshan debutant ‘Kaho Na Pyar Hai’, among others that went to become blockbusters. He had produced and directed the 1882 movie ‘Bazar’ and had also written few serials for TV and stage.
Meanwhile on the work front, Nawazuddin was last seen in Ghoomketu and Raat Akeli Hai.
Next he will be seen in Bole Chudiyan, Serious Men 2, Jogira Sara Ra Ra, and No Land’s Man.
