The nation woke up to the shocking news of Wajid Khan's untimely death. The music composer and singer who along with his brother Sajid Khan delivered numerous hits in the past, breathed his last at the age of 42. Wajid was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai for over two months and was in critical condition for the last 10 days due to his heart ailment. It is believed that he was infected with Coronavirus three days ago.
Soon after the news broke out during the wee hours of Monday morning, Bollywood offered their condolence to the bereaved family. Akshay Kumar, on Twitter, wrote, "Shocked and saddened to hear about the untimely demise of #WajidKhan, talented and ever-smiling...gone too soon. May God give strength to his family in this difficult time"
Shocked and saddened to hear about the untimely demise of #WajidKhan, talented and ever-smiling...gone too soon. May God give strength to his family in this difficult time
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) June 1, 2020
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja shared a picture with Wajid on Instagram and wrote, "Rest in peace #wajidkhan"
Abhishek Bachchan mourned the demise of Wajid by tweeting, "Rest in harmony my friend. Had the pleasure of working with both Sajid-Wajid most loving and brilliant. My condolences to his family and especially Sajid. #RIPWajidKhan"
Rest in harmony my friend. Had the pleasure of working with both Sajid-Wajid most loving and brilliant. My condolences to his family and especially Sajid. #RIPWajidKhan
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) June 1, 2020
Riteish Deshmukh tweeted, "Deeply saddened & shocked by the passing away of a wonderful musical maestro @wajidkhan7 - rest in glory my friend. I will miss your smile, your humour.. countless late nights made melodious with your impromptu singing. Condolences to #Sajid bhai and the entire family"
Deeply saddened & shocked by the passing away of a wonderful musical maestro @wajidkhan7 - rest in glory my friend. I will miss your smile, your humour.. countless late nights made melodious with your impromptu singing. Condolences to #Sajid bhai and the entire family- pic.twitter.com/dPPCP1AyDc
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) June 1, 2020
Anupam Kher, on Twitter, wrote, "Deeply shocked & saddened by the untimely demise of greatly talented #WajidKhan of the #SajidWajid team. I had met him at few occasions. He was very humble, courteous and always smiling. May God give his family the courage to deal with this loss. Will pray to almighty."
Deeply shocked & saddened by the untimely demise of greatly talented #WajidKhan of the #SajidWajid team. I had met him at few occasions. He was very humble, courteous and always smiling. May God give his family the courage to deal with this loss. Will pray to almighty.
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) June 1, 2020
Neha Dhupia tweeted, "Just heard the sad news of #WajidKhan passing away ... such a great contribution to Cinema of our times ... my condolences to the family ... may his soul rest In peace"
Just heard the sad news of #WajidKhan passing away ... such a great contribution to Cinema of our times ... my condolences to the family ... may his soul rest In peace .
— Neha Dhupia (@NehaDhupia) June 1, 2020
Satish Kaushik offered condolence. He tweeted, "Oh God !Shocking ! Sad ! Tragic ! Can’t believe this . My heartfelt condolences to Sajidbhai and family . May god give u all courage to overcome this great tragedy .We will miss u and ur music @wajidkhan7 . RIP Om Shanti #sajidkhan"
Oh God !Shocking ! Sad ! Tragic ! Can’t believe this . My heartfelt condolences to Sajidbhai and family . May god give u all courage to overcome this great tragedy .We will miss u and ur music @wajidkhan7 . RIP Om Shanti #sajidkhan pic.twitter.com/Z44SIo6ygj
— satish kaushik (@satishkaushik2) June 1, 2020
"Deeply saddened by the passing away of our dear Wajid bhai !! May almighty give strength to his family to bear this huge loss !!Rest in peace bhai!!," wrote Manoj Bajpayee.
Deeply saddened by the passing away of our dear Wajid bhai !! May almighty give strength to his family to bear this huge loss !!Rest in peace bhai!!
— manoj bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) June 1, 2020
Esha Deol, Saiee Manjrekar, Tusshar Kapoor and Kunal Kemmu also offered condolences to the bereaved family.
#WajidKhan shocking! A super talented rockstar of our generation! Gone too soon ! U will be missed bro ! RIP @wajidkhan7
— Esha Deol (@Esha_Deol) June 1, 2020
Gone too early. RIP #WajidKhan pic.twitter.com/8sVJJzp6tc
— Saiee M Manjrekar (@saieemmanjrekar) June 1, 2020
RIP Wajid Bhai...gone too soon! Prayers & Strength for the family!
— Tusshar (@TusshKapoor) June 1, 2020
Positive, encouraging and full of life is how I remember Wajid bhai @wajidkhan7 It’s just so sad and shocking that he has left us too soon Will always miss the way he passionately beat boxed when presenting a new song Condolences to the family
— kunal kemmu (@kunalkemmu) June 1, 2020
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