Nikhil Advani’s mother passes away: Abhishek Bachchan, Karan Johar, Manoj Bajpayee attend funeral

Filmmaker Nikhil Advani’s mother Rekha passed away on Saturday. The last rites were performed on Sunday at  Banganga, Nepean Sea Road, in Mumbai at 1 pm where Several celebrities were seen in attendance.

The family shared the following message with well wishers: “With grief and sadness, this is to inform you that Rekha Advani (m/o Monisha, Nikkhil and Kunal) passed away suddenly this evening. Funeral and last rites will be tomorrow, Sunday Apr 8 at Banganga, Nepean Sea Road at 1 pm. We will update details of Marka as soon as we have more information.”

Nikhil debuted in Bollywood as a director in 2003 with Kal Ho Naa Ho and then went on to make Salaam-E-Ishq, Chandni Chowk To China and D-Day.

Manoj Bajpayee, who was recently seen in the film Missing opposite Tabu, was spotted at the funeral.

Director Sudhir Mishra attends Nikhil Advani's mother's funeral.

Karan Johar also paid his last repects to Nikhil Advani's mother.

Abhishek Bachchan was also spotted at the funeral.