Vinod Khanna’s son Sakshi lights the funeral pyre; bids a tearful goodbye to the legendary actor
Today was definitely one of the most shocking and saddest days of the year. Legendary actor Vinod Khanna passed away after fighting bladder cancer for a long time. A large number of Bollywood personalities attended the last rites of veteran actor-turned-BJP politician Vinod Khanna at the Worli Hindu Crematorium here on Thursday evening. His son, Sakshi lit the funeral pyre a short while after his flower-bedecked body was brought from their Malabar Hill residence where it was kept for people to pay homage. Khanna, 70, passed away after battling bladder cancer around 11.30 am today plunging the country’s entertainment industry into grief.
A large number of teary-eyed actors, producers, directors and a few actresses, his colleagues in the Bharatiya Janata Party, fans and admirers also turned up to pay their final respects both at his home and the crematorium. Among the prominent ones seen at the funeral rites were Amitabh Bachchan, his son Abhishek, Randhir Kapoor, Kabir Bedi, Danny Denzongpa, Arjun Rampal, Jackie Shroff, Jeetendra, Dia Mirza, Puneet Issar, writer-poet Gulzar, directors Ramesh Sippy, Ramesh Taurani, Subhash Ghai, NCP leader Praful Patel, and BJP MP Kirit Somaiya among many more.
A large number of fans and admirers of the late actor waited on both sides of the streets to catch a last glimpse of their favourite actor as the funeral procession wended its way from Malabar Hill to the crematorium. Khanna, a former union minister, passed away this morning at the Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital where he was under treatment since nearly a month.
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Earlier, veteran star Rishi Kapoor lashed out at younger actors for not attending Vinod Khanna’s funeral. The late star’s good friend and colleague Rishi Kapoor was not happy with the turnout at the funeral. As usual, Rishi took to Twitter to make his displeasure known.
The veteran actor tweeted, “Shameful. Not ONE actor of this generation attended Vinod Khanna’s funeral. And that too he has worked with them. Must learn to respect. Why this? Including mine and thereafter. When I die, I must be prepared. None will shoulder me. Very very angry with today’s so called stars. Met so many chamcha people last night at Priyanka Chopra’s do last night. Few at Vinod’s. So fuckn transparent. So angry with them.”
When asked about his son Ranbir Kapoor, who is currently in London. Rishi said, “Yes it has been expressed earlier on social media my wife and Ranbir are out of the country. Would never had been reason not to be there.”
The stars who did attend the funeral ceremony include Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Arjun Rampal, Chunkey Pandey, and Dia Mirza among others.
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Take a look at some of the pics from the Vinod Khanna’s final journey.
Text: Bollywoodlife.com and Pinkvilla.com
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