Veteran film producer Anil Suri passes away due to coronavirus, brother claims 'hospitals denied him bed'
Jun 06, 2020, 13.17PM IST
Veteran Bollywood producer Anil Suri passed away at the age of 77 due to COVID-19 on Thursday. Anil bankrolled films such as 'Raaj Tilak' and Raaj Kumar-Rekha starrer 'Karmayogi'. Anil's brother, Rajiv Suri revealed he had a fever on June 2 and was rushed to hospital as his condition worsened the next day. Rajiv, who had produced Basu Chatterjee’s 1979 film Manzil featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Moushumi Chatterjee, later claimed that 'Top hospitals Lilavati and Hinduja, denied him a bed.' He added that 'Anil 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 a ventilator. He died around 7:00 pm.' Last rites of Anil Suri were held on Friday morning at Oshiwara cremation ground.
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