Director Sanjay Gupta was cremated today, October 31 at 7.50 pm in Mumbai in the presence of family, friends and industry associates. He was 59 years old.
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Manoj Bajpayee, Rajpal Yadav, filmmaker Rakesh Roshan, casting director Mukesh Chhabra, producers Bhushan Kumar, Ratan Jain, Ganesh Jain, and director Vivek Agnihotri attended the cremation at Versova Crematorium at Yari Road Junction.
Earlier in the day, actors Fardeen Khan, Rohit Roy, Ronit Roy and Gulshan Grover as well as filmmakers Ashok Pandit and Milap Zaveri gathered at the late director’s residence to pay their last respects.
Sanjay Gupta fell in the kitchen around 2:30 am on Saturday morning and died of head injuries. The director was particularly known for his collaboration with actor Sanjay Dutt, with whom he worked in films. eat (2002), the traveler (2004), alive (2006) and Firing at Lokhandwala (2007).
He later returned to the crime genre with Shootout at Wadala (2013), another film inspired by real-life events.
Apart from crime dramas, Sanjay Gupta explored various genres through projects emotion (2015), starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and capable (2017), starring Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam. His other directorial ventures included the anthology film Two stories (2007), Acid factory (2009) and Mumbai Saga (2021), starring John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi.
Sanjay Gupta also made a name for himself as a producer through his banner, White Feather Films, which he founded in 2001. The production house has backed several projects over the years.
His other recent films include Miranda Brothers (2024), featuring Meezan Jafri and Harshvardhan Rane, and the explosion (2024), starring Riteish Deshmukh and Fardeen Khan.
Before establishing himself as a filmmaker, Sanjay Gupta worked in post-production and sound design. He also assisted director Pankaj Parashar in projects like television series Karamchand, In front of Pankaj Kapoor And the movie fire, Starring Naseeruddin Shah and Archana Puran Singh.
Throughout his career, Sanjay Gupta developed a unique style of filmmaking, often involving stylized action sequences, crime-based stories and urban settings.