Vidhu Vinod Chopra's brother Vir Chopra passes away, Anupama Chopra confirms demise

Filmmaker Vidhu Vid Chopra's elder bror and producer Vir Chopra is more. This news was confirmed by Vidhu's wife and film critic Anupama Chopra as she posted an emotional te in memory of Vir Chopra on Instagram. Vir Chopra died on July 5 after battling with COVID-19. He was reportedly undergoing treatment at Mumbai's H. N. Reliance hospital after contracting virus during his Maldives trip.

Anupama, in her post, mentioned how his memory will be ir blessing. post has a throwback picture of her husband Vidhu with late Vir Chopra at premiere of movie 3 Idiots. "Vid always said that Vir was his better version - nice to a fault, highly educated (PhD from London School of Ecomics) and measured inste of volatile. y looked so alike that when VC and I first got married, people would congratulate Vir. Forever w, his memory remains our blessing. Photo taken at premiere of 3 Idiots," she wrote.

Vir h worked with bror Vidhu Vid Chopra on successful movies like Munna Bhai M.B.B.S, L Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots. He is survived by his son Abhay and his wife Namita Nayak Chopra. Several social media users and industry insiders wrote condolence messs for Vir Chopra. Fashion stylist Anaita Shroff jania commented, "So sorry for your loss." Or famous personalities like Shao Sharma, Pooja Dhingra among ors also expressed ir heartfelt condolences. 

Famous personalities who succumbed to second wave of COVID-19

country has lost some table personalities to virus in recent months. From filmmaker KV Anand to music composer Shravan Rathod, several celebrities have lost ir lives. Here are some of m-

• Pandit Rajan Mishra

• Filmmaker KV Anand

• Bollywood actor Satish Kaul

• Music composer Shravan Rathod

• Actor Bikramjeet Kanwarpal

• TV news anchor Rohit Sardana  

• Di Chandro Tomar

• Marathi actor Vira Sathidar

• International bodybuilder Jagdish L 

• Marathi actor Kishore Nandlaskar

• Kanna producer Ramu

• Tamil film director Thamira 

• TV actor and anchor Kanupriya