Overview
- Bollywood figures including Hema Malini, Jackie Shroff and Poonam Dhillon attended the July 18 prayer meeting to offer condolences to Dheeraj Kumar’s family
- Kumar died on July 15 at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital after being placed on a ventilator for acute pneumonia
- His family’s official statement highlighted his nearly five decades in Hindi and Punjabi cinema, noting roles in Raaton Ka Raja, Heera Panna and Roti Kapda Aur Makaan
- As founder of Creative Eye Ltd, he produced landmark devotional and mythological television series such as Om Namah Shivay, Shree Ganesh and Jai Santoshi Maa
- Survived by his wife Zuby Kochar and their children, his family thanked the public for support and asked for privacy during their mourning