Overview

• Dheeraj Kumar was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital on July 14 with acute pneumonia and placed on ventilator support in the ICU.
• He passed away on July 15 at around 11:00 am in Mumbai due to complications from pneumonia, with cardiac arrest cited as the immediate cause.
• His cremation is scheduled for July 16 at Mumbai’s Pawan Hans crematorium, with his remains to be kept at his residence earlier in the morning for final respects.
• The family issued an official statement thanking well-wishers for their support while requesting prayers and privacy during this difficult time.
• Kumar’s five-decade career spanned Punjabi and Hindi cinema and television, and he founded Creative Eye to produce landmark devotional series like Om Namah Shivay and the courtroom drama Adalat.