Shraddha Kapoor’s grandfather passes away

Kapoor’s maternal grand-father Pandharinath Kolhapure passed away on Saturday evening. He was a respected name in the world of music and the cousin brother of playback singing legends, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.

Pandharinathji was one of those no-nonsense star fathers with middle-class values. When Padmini shot to fame in the early 80s, he was perhaps the one who kept her grounded. Though friendly, he never allowed journalists to get familiar with him, he was a hospitable man. He had been ailing for a while now.

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Last Sunday he suffered a heart attack and was moved into the ICU of a city hospital for four days. While it was his second daughter Padmini who lived with him throughout, his elder daughter Shivangi Kapoor (Shraddha’s mother) and younger daughter Tejaswini were also extremely attached to their father. The sisters took turns to stay by his bedside throughout his illness.

Shraddha, who has musical leanings, always looked up to her granddad. Having lived next door to him throughout her childhood, she was very attached to him. The actress was heartbroken with the news of his death. Our condolences are with the Kolhapures and Kapoors in their moment of grief. Juhi Chawla, who learnt music from Padmini’s father, also expressed her grief on a microblogging site.