Indian actor Shiv Subrahmanyam passes away

Veteran Indian actor-screenwriter Shiv Subrahmanyam has died. The cause of death is not known at the moment.

Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit took to Twitter and confirmed the demise of Subrahmanyam.

"Extremely shocked and pained to know about the tragic demise of our dear friend, a great actor and a brilliant human being Shiv Subramaniam. My heartfelt condolences to his wife Divya. May God give you enough energy to face this tragedy," Ashoke's tweet read.

For the unversed, Subrahmanyam was credited for writing the screenplay for the 1989 film 'Parinda', and for Sudhir Mishra's 'Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'. He also won many hearts with his role as Alia Bhatt's father in 'Two States'. He was last seen in Netflix's film 'Meenakshi Sundareshwar'.