Anupama Chopra shared this image.(Image courtesy: anupama.chopra)
Highlights
- Anupama shared an image of Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Vir Chopra
- “His memory remains our blessing,” she wrote
- Anaita Shroff Adajania mourned Vir Chopra
New Delhi:
Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s elder brother, movie producer Vir Chopra, died because of COVID-19 on July 5, reported new company ANI. Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s spouse, movie critic Anupama Chopra, confirmed the information of Vir Chopra’s demise, on Thursday. The 54-year-old movie critic shared an image of Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Vir Chopra on Instagram. In the caption, she remembered Vir Chopra because the “better version” of her husband. “Vinod always said that Vir was his better version – nice to a fault (no ma-behen gaalis), highly educated (PhD from London School of Economics) and measured instead of volatile,” she wrote. Anupama Chopra additionally recalled the time when she received married and folks used to confuse Vir Chopra for Vidhu Vinod Chopra as they “looked alike.” She wrote: “They looked so alike that when VC and I first got married, people would congratulate Vir. Forever now, his memory remains our blessing.” Anupama Chopra additionally shared that the image that she shared is from the premier of Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 2009 movie 3 Idiots. “Photo taken at the premier of 3 Idiots,” she wrote.
Many social media customers condoled Vir Chopra’s demise within the feedback part. Filmmaker Homi Adajania’s spouse, trend stylist Anaita Shroff Adajania, mourned Vir Chopra’s demise. “So sorry for your loss,” she wrote.
Vir Chopra was a movie producer and he labored with Vidhu Vinod Chopra on a number of movies like 3 Idiots, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S and Lage Raho Munna Bhai. He was the artistic producer of movies like Ferrari Ki Sawaari, Mission Kashmir, Parineeta, Broken Horses and Kareeb.
(With ANI inputs)