Sanam Bewafa Director Saawan Kumar Tak Passes Away; Salman Khan Mourns His Demise

Veteran
filmmaker
Saawan
Kumar
Tak,
known
for
films
like
Salman
Khan’s

Sanam
Bewafa
and
Rajesh
Khanna’s

Souten,
passed
away
in
Mumbai
on
Thursday
(August
25,
2022)
after
suffering
a
heart
attack.
He
was
admitted
to
Kokilaben
Dhirubhai
Ambani
Hospital
in
Mumbai
a
few
days
ago
for
lung-related
ailment.

His
nephew
Navin
had
confirmed
the
news
to
PTI
and
said
that
the
condition
of
the
86-year-old
filmmaker
was
‘critical.’

The
news
agency
had
quoted
Navin
as
saying,
“He
was
admitted
to
the
hospital
yesterday
due
to
an
infection
in
lungs
and
breathing
issues.
The
doctors
are
saying
he
is
in
a
critical
condition
as
his
lungs
and
even
heart
is
not
in
a
good
condition.” Also,
the
doctor
treating
Saawan
had
confirmed
that
the
veteran
filmmaker
was
suffering
from
a
lung
ailment.
However,
he
had
refused
to
divulge
any
further
details
on
the
same.

Bollywood
superstar
Salman
Khan
mourned
the
filmmaker’s
demise
with
a
post
that
read,
“May
u
rest
in
peace
my
dear
Sawaan
ji.
Have
always
loved
n
respected
u.”

Saawan
Tak
Kumar
was
a
part
of
the
Hindi
Film
Industry
for
over
five
decades.
The
director
made
his
debut
in
Bollywood
with

Gomti
Ke
Kinare
which
marked
Meena
Kumar’s
last
appearance
on
screen.

Tak
is
best
known
for
helming
Salman
Khan-starrers

Sanam
Bewafa
(1991)
and

Saawan…The
Love
Season
(2003).
He
also
teamed
up
with
Rajesh
Khanna
for
the
1983
film
Souten
featuring
Rajesh
Khanna,
Tina
Munim
and
Padmini
Kolhapure.

Besides
directing
films,
Saawan
Kumar
Tak
also
penned
songs
for
films
like
Rajesh
Khanna’s

Souten
and
Hrithik
Roshan-Ameesha
Patel’s
Bollywood
debut

Kaho
Naa..Pyaar
Hai.