Lagatar24 Desk
Mumbai, Jan 13: Screenwriter Sanjay Chouhan passed away at the age of 62 due to chronic liver illness at H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre in Mumbai on Thursday evening.
Sanjay was suffering from liver cirrhosis and was admitted to the hospital for ten days due to internal bleeding and unconsciousness. The writer is survived by his wife Sarita and daughter Sara.
Sanjay is best known for films like ‘Paan Singh Tomar’ and ‘I Am Kalam’. Apart from films like Dhoop and Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Maara, he had also co-written the Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster films with filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia.
As per the information, his last rites are to be performed at Mumbai’s Oshiwara crematorium on Friday.
The writer also actively participated in defending the rights of the writer’s community. He received many honours throughout his career, including a Filmfare Award for Best Story for his subliminal film I Am Kalam (2011).
Sanjay was born and raised in Bhopal. He started his career as a journalist in Delhi. Later, he moved to Mumbai and wrote the crime TV series Bhanwar in the late 1990s. Chouhan also wrote the dialogues for Sudhir Mishra’s acclaimed 2003 film Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, which is another one of his notable achievements.
