Published 16:41 IST, August 2nd 2023

Akshay mourns Lagaan Art Director Nitin Desai's death, postpones OMG 2 trailer launch

Akshay Kumar took to Twitter to mourn Nitin Desai's demise and shared that his upcoming film OMG 2's trailer will be launched on August 3 at 11 am.

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Akshay Kumar starrer OMG 2 trailer launch has been postponed "out of respect" for Lagaan and Jodha Akbar Art Director Nitin Desai, who is found de at his Studios Wednesday morning. Akshay took to Twitter to mourn late art director and production designer's demise and shared that his upcoming film OMG 2's trailer which was to launch today (August 2), will w be released on August 3 at 11 am.

3 things you need to kw

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  • makers of OMG 2 were going to release trailer of film at 11 am on August 2.
  • However, to observe death of Nitin Desai, y have pushed release date of online trailer launch.
  • Nitin Desai was a veteran art director who contributed to several hit films including Lagaan. 

Akshay Kumar postpones OMG 2 trailer launch

Akshay Kumar recently took to his social media handles to anunce that trailer launch of OMG 2 has been postponed to pay ir last respect to veteran art director Nitin Desai. He furr offered his condolences and revealed that makers will release trailer of film on August 3. He tweeted, "Unbelievably s to kw about demise of Nitin Desai. He was a stalwart in production design and such a big part of our cinema fraternity."

Akshay Kumar furr mentioned in his tweet that Nitin h worked on several of his films and "this is a huge loss." He mentioned that out of respect he and makers of film will t be releasing OMG 2 trailer on August 2. trailer will w be released at 11 am tomorrow (August 2).

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Who was Nitin Desai and what happened to him?

Nitin Desai was a rewned Bollywood arty director and he was well-kwn for his work in films like Jodhaa Akbar, Devdas, Lagaan, and ors. He was found de in his Karjat studio today. As per PTI reports, he h "defaulted on a Rs 252-crore loan to its financial creditor, and a bankruptcy court h mitted an insolvency petition against his company last week." Meanwhile, an investigation into matter is underway.

15:44 IST, August 2nd 2023