It was just a month ago Bollywood lost its two great actors Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor and now music director Wajid Khan. It seems that year 2020 is a year of grieve and sadness for Bollywood. One after another Bollywood is losing its gem. To pay the condolences comedian and host Manish Paul took to his Instagram handle and penned down few lines.
Maniesh Paul remembering the amazing time he spent with the composer wrote,” It’s shocking!! Really really sad to hear about wajid bhai’s demise…spent some amazing time with him…he was a gem of a guy…may you rest in peace wajid bhai….will miss u”
Singer Wajid Khan of the popular composer duo Sajid-Wajid passed away on Monday, June 1, at a Mumbai hospital due to coronavirus COVID-19 complications. He was 42. Wajid was ill for some time and also had heart disease. He was admitted to hospital few days ago.
The Sajid-Wajid duo made their Bollywood debut with actor Salman Khan’s 1998 movie Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya, and went on to compose music for Salman Khan’s films, such as Garv, Tere Naam, Tumko Na Bhool Payenge, Partner and the Dabangg franchise.
Wajid Khan also did playback singing for Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar. Some of his well-known tracks were “Mera He Jalwa”, “Fevicol Se” and “Chinta Tha Chita Chita”.
The composer also scored the theme song for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, “Dhoom Dhoom Dhoom Dhadaka”.
