Pritesh Nandy, Indian film producer who made titles like 'Sur' and 'Kaante,' has passed away at the age of 73.

Veteran journalist, poet, and filmmaker Pritish Nandy, a Padma Shri awardee, passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday following a cardiac arrest at his residence in South Mumbai. He was 73. His last rites were performed later that evening,

Mehta said his most personal work, the 2017 movie "Omerta", had lost "one of its greatest patrons". He revealed that it was Nandy who encouraged him to make Rajkummar Rao-starrer which was based on the life of British-Pakistani terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh.

Noted ad guru, journalist and parliamentarian Pritish Nandy passed away on January 8 at the age of 73 in Mumbai. Paying homage to Nandy, parliamentarian Derek O’Brien took to social media with a poem penned by Nandy.

You seem stressed”, a voice next to me half-whispered into my ear. I must’ve been crying or something. I was very stressed. I turned around and through my tears, I saw a blurred face of a man, who I recognised to be Pritish Nandy.