Kabhi Kabhie writer Sagar Sarhadi dies, Javed Akhtar pays tribute

Javed Akhtar paid tribute to Sarhadi. Taking to Twitter, he wrote, “Sagar Sarhadi a veteran theater and film writer who wrote films like Kabhi kabhi , Noori and directed Baazaar has passed away . My heart felt condolences to the late bachelor’s nephew Ramesh Talwar.”

Sarhadi’s funeral will happen today at a crematorium in Sion. Besides Talwar, Sarhadi is survived by three nephews and three nieces.

Born Ganga Sagar Talwar near Abottabad city (now Pakistan), Sarhadi was already a renowned Urdu writer and playwright before he debuted in Bollywood in 1976 with Yash Chopra’s romance Kabhi Kabhie, of which he penned the screenplay and dialogues. The Amitabh Bachchan-Rakhi film marked Sarhadi’s long-standing, glorious collaboration with late Yash Chopra.

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Sarhadi went on to write screenplay for Noorie (1979) and Silsila (1981), and dialogues for Sridevi-Rishi Kapoor 1989 hit Chandni. He turned director with 1982 film Bazaar, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil. Sarhadi’s work in Bollywood spanned several decades as he wrote even in the ’90s for Shah Rukh Khan’s big screen debut Deewana (1992) and later for Hrithik Roshan’s acting debut Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai (2000).