{"id":323577,"date":"2020-06-01T05:14:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T05:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=323577"},"modified":"2020-06-01T05:14:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T05:14:28","slug":"bollywood-singer-composer-wajid-khan-dies-at-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/bollywood-singer-composer-wajid-khan-dies-at-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Bollywood singer-composer Wajid Khan dies at 42"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323578 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/wajid-khan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/wajid-khan.jpg 451w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/wajid-khan-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/>Music composer Wajid Khan of music director duo Sajid-Wajid died at a Mumbai hospital in the wee hours of Monday due to complications from a kidney infection and was also suffering from Covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The 42-year old singer was popularly known for his work along with his brother Sajid on films such as Wanted, Dabangg, Ek Tha Tiger and Rowdy Rathore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Soon after the news of the composer&#8217;s demise broke, many from the film fraternity paid tributes on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Condoling Wajid&#8217;s demise, Amitabh Bachchan said, &#8220;Shocked at the passing of Wajid Khan .. a bright smiling talent passes away .. duas , prayers and in condolence.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Actor-politician Raj Babbar described Wajid Khan&#8217;s death as a &#8220;rude jolt&#8221; and remembered the composer for his &#8220;friendly smile which was his best identity&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cTerrible to hear that the extremely talented Wajid Khan is no more. His demise is like a rude jolt. Voice behind so many big hits &amp; a great composer- he&#8217;ll always be remembered for that friendly smile which was his best identity. RIP #WajidKhan Khan. You shall always be admired,\u201d Raj Babbar tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar said, \u201cShocked and saddened to hear about the untimely demise of #WajidKhan, talented and ever-smiling&#8230;gone too soon. May God give strength to his family in this difficult time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Actor Priyanka Chopra said she will always remember Wajid&#8217;s smile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;The one thing I will always remember is Wajid bhai&#8217;s laugh. Always smiling. Gone too soon. My condolences to his family and everyone grieving. Rest in peace my friend. You are in my thoughts and prayers,&#8221; she tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Music composer-singer Vishal Dadlani said he was heartbroken after hearing the news. Both @SajidMusicKhan and @wajidkhan7 have been close &amp; true friends. The kind who might see the light on and show up at our studio in the middle of the night just to meet and talk and share a laugh. Can&#8217;t believe Wajid and I will never speak again,&#8221; he tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music composer Wajid Khan of music director duo Sajid-Wajid died at a Mumbai hospital in the wee hours of Monday due to complications from a kidney infection and was also suffering from Covid-19. The 42-year old singer was popularly known for his work along with his brother Sajid on films such as Wanted, Dabangg, Ek [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":323578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2028,2014,2026],"tags":[71,13062],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323579,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323577\/revisions\/323579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/323578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}