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The legendary ad guru of India, Piyush Pandey, passed away on Friday at the age of 70 after “battling an infection that took a serious turn”. In his illustrious career of over four decades, apart from giving us memorable and iconic ads, the multi-talented and influential personality also ventured into acting as he appeared in the 2013 John Abraham starrer ‘Madras Cafe’.
The ad guru’s niece Ishitta Arun could be laughing at his funeral and after social media users questioned the video that surfaced on the internet, Arun wrote a note on her Instagram story that read- “Grief isn’t a single script. And when you’re saying goodbye to a man who laughed louder than anyone else, remembering him through laughter isn’t disrespect. It’s continuity. It’s muscle memory. It’s knowing who he really was.”
About John Abraham starrer ‘Madras Cafe’
Piyush Pandey played the character of the Cabinet Secretary of India in the political action-thriller, which is set in the late 80s and early 90s, during the time of Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war and the assassination of Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi.
Directed by Shoojit Sircar, the movie also featured Nargis Fakhri, Raashii Khanna, Siddhartha Basu, Ajay Rathnam, Prakash Belawadi and Avijit Dutt among others in prominent roles.
Piyush Pandey’s other projects and Mahesh Mathai’s Bhopal Express
Pandey also featured in Magic Pencil Project Videos, which was a marketing campaign by ICICI Bank).
The iconic personality also penned the lyrics of ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara,’ the Indian song that promoted national integration and unity in diversity
He also co-wrote the screenplay of Mahesh Mathai’s Bhopal Express along with his brother Prasoon Pandey. Featuring Kay Kay Menon, Naseeruddin Shah, Nethra Raghuraman, Zeenat Aman and Vijay Raaz in lead roles, the music of the film was given by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The film was set against the gas tragedy in Bhopal, India, in 1984.
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