'Phir Hera Pheri' director Neeraj Vora passed away today; PM Modi and Akshay Kumar express grief

NEW DELHI: Bollywood director-writer Neeraj Vora who had directed the Hindi movie ‘Phir Hera Pheri’ passed away on December 14 (Thursday) morning at the age of 54 years in Criti Care Hospital. The director Vora suffered a brain stroke in the month of October 2016 and was in coma for the past 13 months. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and actor Akshay Kumar have expressed a deep grief on the death of director Neeraj Vora. After facing into coma due to heart attack, Vora had been staying with famed film producer Firoz Nadiadwala since October 2016 . Nadiadwala had brought the actor to their house for care. When Neeraj ' s health deteriorated, he was taken to the hospital where he broke his last breath. The dead body of the director Neeraj will be taken for last rites to Santacruz Electric Crematorium at 3 p.m. Neeraj was part of several Bollywood movies with the notable ones being Welcome Back, Bol Bachchan, Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal and Khatta Meetha. The film-maker who made his directorial debut with Khiladi 420 had written the script for Rohit Shetty ' s Golmaal.