In memoriam: Celebrities who died in 2021

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Dilip Kumar, Sidharth Shukla, Puneeth Rajkumar, Raj Kaushal and Rajiv Kapoor were among the people we bid goodbye to in 2021.

The year 2021 saw us bidding goodbye to many celebrities who breathed their last. The legendary actor Dilip Kumar, popular Hindi television actor Sidharth Shukla and actor Puneeth Rajkumar were among those who passed away. Covid-19’s second wave also took away several known faces.

Bollywood
Shashikala Saigal

Veteran actor Shashikala Om Prakash Saigal died on April 4. She was 88. Popularly known as Shashikala, she played supporting characters in over 100 films including Bimla, Sujata, Aarti, Anupama, Waqt, Gumrah and Khubsoorat, among many others.

Amit Mistry

Actor Amit Mistry died of a heart attack on April 23. He was 47.

Bikramjeet Kanwarpal

The actor passed away due to COVID-19 complications on May 2. He was 52.

Raj Kaushal

Adperson and director Raj Kaushal passed away on June 30 after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was married to Mandira Bedi.

Dilip Kumar

Legendary actor Dilip Kumar passed away on July 7, at the age of 98. The veteran actor was hospitalised due to age-related illnesses. With a storied career, Kumar was one of the pioneers of method acting in the country.

Shravan Rathod

Shravan Rathod of the Nadeem-Shravan composer duo passed away on April 23. He was 66. Shravan was COVID-19 positive and was reported to be in a critical condition.

Rajiv Kapoor

Rajiv Kapoor passed away on February 9 due to a cardiac arrest. He is best remembered for his work in Ram Teri Ganga Maili.

Rinku Singh Nikumbh

Actor Rinku Singh Nikumbh, known for her appearance in Ayushmann Khurrana’s ‘Dream Girl’, passed away due to COVID-19 complications at a hospital in Assam. She was 35.

Vanraj Bhatia

Legendary music composer and National Award winner Vanraj Bhatia, 93, passed away on May 7. He is best known for composing music for films such as Ankur, 36 Chowringhee Lane and TV show Tamas.

Chandrashekhar G. Vaidya

Renowned Bollywood actor-filmmaker of yesteryear Chandrashekhar G died on June 17. He was 97.

Farrukh Jaffer

Actor Farrukh Jaffer, who played Amitabh Bachchan’s wife Fatima Begum in Gulabo Sitabo, passed away on October 15 in Lucknow. She was 88