Renuka Vyavahare (BOMBAY TIMES; June 18, 2020)

Actor Ali Fazal’s mother passed away on Wednesday, in Lucknow, following health complications. The actor shared the news on Twitter, saying, “I’ll live the rest of yours for you. Miss you Amma. Yahi tak thhaa humaara, pata nahi kyun. You were the source of my creativity. My everything. Aagey alfaaz nahi rahe. Love, Ali (sic).” The actor is in Lucknow.

His spokesperson said, “It is with great sorrow we inform you that Ali Fazal’s mother passed away on the morning of June 17, 2020, in Lucknow after quick succession of health complications. Her passing was sudden and we pray for her peace. Ali is grateful for the love and support of his fans in these testing times. A personal loss of this magnitude also needs silence. He requests his fans and the press for some privacy at this point.”

Ali was to get married to his actress girlfriend Richa Chadha in April, but had to postpone it due to the Coronavirus crisis. “He wanted his close friends and family to be at the wedding. This will shatter him the most, the absence of his mother at his wedding,” said a friend.