Aurobindo Mukherjee

Veteran film director Aurobindo Mukherjee passed away at the age of 97. Mukherjee was ailing from geriatric problems for some time. Mukherjee was the maker of cult Bengali classics like ‘Agniswar’, ‘Mouchak’ and ‘Nishipadma’ — all starring matinee idol Uttam Kumar — in the early 70s. Mukherjee had also discovered a young Jaya Bhaduri — who would later become famous as a Bollywood actress and marry superstar Amitabh Bachchan — in ‘Dhanyee Meye’ in 1971.

Kailash Yadav

Uttar Pradesh minister Kailash Yadav passed away at Medanta hospital in Gurgaon after suffering a massive cardiac arrest. The minister of state for panchayati raj, he was a three-term legislator from Jangipur in Ghazipur. Kailash Yadav was also a minister in the Mulayam Singh Yadav cabinet between 2003-2007 and was very close to the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief.

Expressing his condolences, Mulayam Singh said that in Kailash Yadav’s passing away, he has lost a close aide and that it was a personal loss. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and many other party leaders also condoled the demise of Kailash Yadav.