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Amitabh Bachchan and Anil Kapoor attend Aadesh Shrivastava's funeral

Amitabh Bachchan and Anil Kapoor attend Aadesh Shrivastava's funeral

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-09-05 09:29 GMT
Bollywood singer-composer Aadesh Shrivastava, who was battling a relapse of cancer, passed away early Saturday morning in Mumbai. Photo: Viral Bhayani.
Abhijeet Sawant.
Wajid Ali.
Ramesh Taurani.
Also seen at the funeral was Alka Yagnik and husband Neeraj Kapoor.
He even tried hid hand at direction and went on to make a short film on child prostitution that was titled 'Sanaa'.
Aadesh Shrivastava was also judge on the talent hunt show "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" Challenge in 2005 and 2009.
"People from the music industry like Shaan, Sonu Nigam, Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan also have been visiting him regularly. Shekar Kapur, Govind Nihalani, Poonam Dhillon and others had come to see him too," Lalit had said.
It had been reported that Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and several other Bollywood stars were keeping a check on his health.
Mr Shrivastava delivered chart busters like "Kya ada kya jalwe tere Paro", "Haathon mein aa gaya jo kal", "Sona sona", "Shava shava", "Gustakhiyaan", "Gur nalon ishq mitha", "Mora Piya" among others. (Seen here: Sudhir Mishra)
Over the course of his career, Shrivastava had composed music for over 100 Hindi films, including "Chalte Chalte", "Baabul", "Baghban", "Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham", "Rajneeti" and others.
Mr Shrivastava, who battled cancer five years ago, was diagnosed with the same disease again. He was said to be in a critical condition when he was admitted to the hospital. (Seen here: Anivesh Shrivastava)
Last evening Shrivastava's brother-in-law and composer Lalit Pandit had told PTI, "He has been undergoing chemotherapy but he is not responding to it. So, the doctors have stopped giving him chemotherapy. They have an alternate theory. The doctors
After the short prayer service, the family and their friends headed over to the crematorium for the final rites.
Amitabh took to his blog to express his sadness with a note that read: Aadesh Shrivastava passed away .. I lived my music with him .. I live without him now .. and perhaps my music too ..
A concerned Amitabh hugged her and asked a few family members to tend to her.
Vijeta was calm and composed, but as soon as Big B offered his sympathies, she found it hard to hold back her tears and broke down in his arms.
Amitabh was seen walking to Vijeta Pandit who suddenly broke down in his arms.
On hearing of the composer's passing, Amitabh went over to pay his condolences and offer his prayers.
The funeral ceremony that was held this afternoon saw Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan in attendance.
He is survived by his wife, Vijeta Pandit, a former Bollywood actress and sister of music-composer duo Jatin- Lalit, and their two sons -- Anivesh and Avitesh
Shrivastava, 51, had been undergoing cancer treatment at the hospital in Andheri for over 40 days.
Amitabh Bachchan and Anil Kapoor attend Aadesh Shrivastava's funeral

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