Director Rajat Mukherjee passes away; Urmila Matondkar and others tweet tributes

Mumbai : Director Rajat Mukherjee died in Jaipur late on Saturday after a prolonged battle with illness. The filmmaker was known for his work in films like ‘Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya’, ‘Road’ and ‘Love In Nepal’.

The actors from the film fraternity like Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Rajpal Yadav recalled their memories and paid tributes to him on Twitter.

Urmila Matondkar, who had featured in his film ‘Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya’ shared a poster of the film, to express her grief. “Saddened to hear sad demise of my friend n director of “Pyaar tune kya kiya” Rajat Mukherjee..a talented n live wire personality who made this rare Gem of a Film. Deepest condolences to his family 🙏🏼,” she wrote.

Manoj Bajpayee, who had featured in Road, expressed grief for not being able to meet him or work with him, while recalling the memories on working on his film Road.

The caption read, “My friend and director of Road ,Rajat Mukherjee passed away in the early hours today in Jaipur after a long battle with illness!!! Rest in peace Rajat !!Still can’t believe that we will never meet or discuss our work ever again.khush reh jaha bhi reh.🙏🙏🙏.”

Rajpal Yadav had featured in both ‘Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya’ and ‘Road’, shared that the director was like his brother and that they had spent lot of time together. “This is to heart breaking news. Rajat Mukherjee, not only the director of films Road, Pyar Tune Kya Kiya, Love in Nepal and many more but a very dear friend, has passed away today. Words can't express my grief, Dada, you left too soon. I will miss you.”

Hansal Mehta remembered the fellow director and their ‘early struggles’ in Mumbai, that included ‘many meals’ and alcohol.