B’wood mourns death of veteran filmmaker, actor Lekh Tandon

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Veteran filmmaker and actor Lekh Tandon, who directed iconic films like ‘Amrapali’, died yesterday at his residence in Mumbai. He was 88.

Many B-town celebrities took to Twitter to pay tribute to the legendary filmmaker. Celebs like Shabana Azmi, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Shekhar Kapur and others paid homage to the visionary.

Actor Shabana Azmi wrote, “Sad that Amrapali#LekhTandon passed away but wonderful that he did so with his boots on. He was working on his latest film with a newcomers zeal.

 RIP”Ashutosh Goawarikar, who worked with Tandon in ‘Swades’, also paid tribute to the filmmaker by writing, “Very VERSATILE Director who gave several HITS! Was privileged to work with u in Swades! Will always miss ur gentleness Sir! RIP #LekhTandon.”