VETERAN FILMMAKER LEKH TANDON PASSES AWAY, BOLLYWOOD EXPRESSES GRIEF

Lekh Tandon, veteran filmmaker best known for his films Professor (1962) and Amrapali (1996), passed away on Sunday, aged 88. He was also a prolific TV serial director and actor, and was part of the cast in Swades.

Reportedly, he had been suffering from illness and bed ridden for a long time before his demise. Several Bollywood greats like Latha Mangeshkar, Ashoke Pandit and Ashutosh Gowariker took to their Twitter spaces to mourn the death of Tandon.