Noted writer filmmaker Sagar Sarhadi, known for films like Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, and Bazaar, passed away late Sunday night due to age related issues. He was 88. Sarhadi breathed his last at his residence in the neighbourhood of Sion in Mumbai, his nephew filmmaker Ramesh Talwar told PTI. “He passed away shortly before midnight. He wasn’t keeping well for sometime and had even stopped eating. He passed away peacefully,” Mr. Talwar said. Sarhadi’s last rites will be held at Sion crematorium at around 11 a.m., he added. Mourning the loss, director Hansal Mehta took to Twitter and said, "Rest in peace Sagar Sarhadi saahab."
Javed Akhtar paid tribute to Sarhadi. Taking to Twitter, he wrote, “Sagar Sarhadi a veteran theater and film writer who wrote films like Kabhi kabhi , Noori and directed Baazaar has passed away . My heart felt condolences to the late bachelor’s nephew Ramesh Talwar.” Mourning the filmmaker, actor Jackie Shroff posted a black and white photograph of him on his Instagram handle and wrote this in his caption: "Will miss you...R.I.P." Sagar Sarhadi was a scriptwriter, a director and a producer. He was known for his work on films like Noorie, Bazaar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Chandni, Deewana and Kaho Na Pyar Hai. Sagar Sarhadi rose to popularity after he wrote dialogues for the 1976 hit Kabhi Kabhie. He even won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue for his work. Kabhi Kabhie starred Amitabh Bachchan, late actor Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Waheeda Rehman, late actor Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh. It was directed by Yash Chopra.The veteran filmmaker also wrote for films like Faasle (in which Sunil Dutt shared screens space with Rekha, Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval), Rang, Anubhav (starring Sanjeev Kumar and Tanuja); Zindagi, Karmayogi, Karobaar, Bazaar, Chausar and Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (which featured Hrithik Roshan).