<p> Bollywood producer Anil Suri, who had backed films like Raaj Kumar-Rekha starrer <em>Karmayogi </em>and <em>Raaj Tilak</em>, passed away due to coronavirus on Thursday. He was 77.<br /><br />Anil's brother, film producer Rajiv Suri, said he had fever on June 2 but his condition worsened the next day with breathlessness.<br /><br />"He was rushed to top hospitals, Lilavati and Hinduja, but both denied him a bed," Rajiv claimed.<br /><br />"He was then taken to Advanced Multispeciality Hospital on Wednesday night. He had COVID-19. On Thursday evening, they said something is amiss and he was put on ventilator. He died around 7:00 pm," Rajiv told PTI.<br /><br />Last rites of Anil were held on Friday morning at Oshiwara cremation ground with four close family members attending it wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).<br /><br />Besides Rajiv, Anil is survived by two children and wife. Rajiv, who had produced Basu Chatterjee's 1979 film <em>Manzil </em>featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Moushumi Chatterjee, said it was heartbreaking to lose one of his favourite directors and brother on the same day. Chatterjee breathed his last on Thursday morning.</p>
<p> Bollywood producer Anil Suri, who had backed films like Raaj Kumar-Rekha starrer <em>Karmayogi </em>and <em>Raaj Tilak</em>, passed away due to coronavirus on Thursday. He was 77.<br /><br />Anil's brother, film producer Rajiv Suri, said he had fever on June 2 but his condition worsened the next day with breathlessness.<br /><br />"He was rushed to top hospitals, Lilavati and Hinduja, but both denied him a bed," Rajiv claimed.<br /><br />"He was then taken to Advanced Multispeciality Hospital on Wednesday night. He had COVID-19. On Thursday evening, they said something is amiss and he was put on ventilator. He died around 7:00 pm," Rajiv told PTI.<br /><br />Last rites of Anil were held on Friday morning at Oshiwara cremation ground with four close family members attending it wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).<br /><br />Besides Rajiv, Anil is survived by two children and wife. Rajiv, who had produced Basu Chatterjee's 1979 film <em>Manzil </em>featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Moushumi Chatterjee, said it was heartbreaking to lose one of his favourite directors and brother on the same day. Chatterjee breathed his last on Thursday morning.</p>