Flashback 2019- 5 Bollywood Celebs Who Passed Away in 2019

Bollywood is one of the biggest film industries in the world. There are thousands of celebrities. Birth and death are the Awkward fantasy of our life. Every year many talented celebrity’s death news gives us a shock. Every year we publish a Bollywood Celebrity Death List. You might not even recognize some of them but we must. So here is the Bollywood Celebrity Death List 2019.

* Shaukat Azmi

Shaukat Kaifi aka Shaukat Azmi, was an Indian theater and film actress. Her husband was the Urdu poet and film lyricist, Kaifi Azmi. She is mother of actress Shabana Azmi. Shaukat Azmi has starred in a dozen films and theatre plays. She was known for her performance in hit films such as Bazaar, Umrao Jaan, Faslah, Naina and Mira Nair’s Oscar nominated film Salaam Bombay!. She was last film was Shaadi Ali’s Saathiya.The actress died on 22 Nov 2019 at the age of 93 due to prolonged illness.

* Champak Jain

Champak Jain was an Indian film and music producer who produced many Hindi films. He was the owner of Venus Records & Tapes Pvt Ltd.He produced super hit films such as Khiladi (1992), Baazigar (1993), Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), Josh (2000), Humraaz (2002), Hulchul (2004) and more. He died on 31 October 2019 at the age of 52 due to brain hemorrhage.

* Viju Khote

Viju Khote was an Indian actor and comedian who was known for his portrayal in more than 450 films and tv shows. He was famous as the dacoit ‘Kalia‘ in the film Sholay (1995). He was the younger brother of actress Shubha Khote.The actor passed away on 30 Sep 2019 at 6.55 am peacefully in his sleep at his Mumbai residence due to organ failure. He has been unwell since quite sometime.

* Veeru Krishnan

Actor, dancer and dance trainer Veeru Krishnan, best known for his role in Aamir Khan and Karishma Kapoor starrerd 1996’s film ‘Raja Hindustani’. Veeru trained several actresses including Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and Athiya Shetty. The actor died in Mumbai on September 7. Priyanka along with other celebrities paid tribute to their “guru” on social media afer the news of his death.

* Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad was an Indian award-winning actor, film director, writer, a playwright who is predominantly known for his works in South Indian and Bollywood cinema. Karnad made his acting as well as screenwriting debut in a Kannada movie, Samskara (1970). After that, he worked in more than 100 films and his career spanned almost 5 decades. The actor’s last Bollywood film was Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), where he played the role of Dr. Shenoy (RAW Chief).Girish Karnad died at a hospital in Bengaluru at 6.30 am on 10 June 2019 at the age of 81 due to multiple organ failure following a prolonged illness.