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SCOOP!! & NEWS Ismail Merchant laid to rest29th May 2005 16.25 IST By Agencies Filmmaker Ismail Merchant , who died in London on Wednesday, was on Saturday buried near the grave of his mother in South Mumbai in the presence of his family members and friends from Bollywood. A prayer was held at the Kabarasthan mosque before his burial.
Merchant’s close friend and associate Shashi Kapoor was among those who were present at the burial ground. Earlier, Merchant’s body was flown in from London by an Air-India cargo flight and kept at his brother’s house at Mumbai Central for people to pay respects. Film personalities Shabana Azmi and Shashi Kapoor were present at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus of Mumbai airport to receive the body. Other film personalities like Shyam Benegal , Arif Zakaria, Simi Garewal, Neena Gupta, Nimmi and Rahul Bose paid their homage to the veteran producer-director at the family house in Mumbai Central. Mumbai’s Joint Commissioner of Police Ahmed Javed was also present. Several personalities from the Bollywood had condoled Merchant’s death saying his demise was a great loss to the country and the film world. The 68-year-old producer-director died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Wednesday due to ulcer burst in the abdomen. | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Riya Sen's Turkish sojourn ~ Kareena Kapoor looking forward to work with Aamir Khan ~ Genelia D'Souza reviving her career again ~ Aishwarya Rai and her fond Cannes memories ~ The Bachchans dazzle at Cannes Film Fest ~ Shah Rukh Khan smiles at Aamir's jibe ~ Sonal Chauhan said 'no' to wearing bikini ~ Emraan Hashmi bowled over by Pakistani girls ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Madhuri Dixit turns 41 ~ Amitabh Bachchan goes down memory lane ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Bhoothnath, Jimmy, Anamika, Mr. White Mr. Black, Tashan, U Me Aur Hum, Race, Jodhaa Akbar, Taare Zameen Par, Krazzy 4, Sarkar Raj , Jannat , Woodstock Villa , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic MUSIC Tashan , U Me Aur Hum celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Rani Mukherjee | Aishwarya Rai | Gayatri Joshi | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Priyanka Chopra | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Kareena Kapoor | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Vivek Oberoi | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Sneha Ullal | John Abraham | Karisma Kapoor | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Abhishek Bachchan | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amitabh Bachchan | Meghna Naidu | Amrita Rao | Arjun Rampal | Mahima Chaudhary | Amrita Arora | Vidya Balan | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rakhi Sawant | Rimi Sen | Bhumika Chawla | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Sonam Kapoor | more... |
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