"My guiding light": Ashish Chowdhry bids tearful good-bye to friend Raj Kaushal

The entertainment industry yesterday wokeup to the sad news of filmmaker Raj Kaushal's demise. Now the late director's close friend and confidante actor Ashish Chowdhry has penned a moving tribute to his buddy who passed away due to cardiac arrest. In his Instagram note, Ashish wrote, , "My guiding light,my happy quotient, my mollycoddler, is gone. My big brother who supported me fiercely like my sister Monica who I also lost, gone. Yet, he taught me well. To survive any storm. So I’ll do the same today. For him.Until then bro. Until we meet again.

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Filmmaker Raj Kaushal (50), who was married to Mandira Bedi, passed away on Wednesday. His last rites were performed at Dadar Shivaji Park crematorium in Mumbai in the presence of family and a few close friends including Ashish Chowdhry, Ronit Roy and Samir Soni.He is survived by his wife Mandira Bedi, son Vir and daughter Tara. Raj Kaushal directed Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, Shaadi Ka Laddoo, among others. Mandira Bedi had featured in Shaadi Ka Laddoo. Arshad Warsi who featured in Raj's last directorial Anthony Kaun Hai? in 2006, wrote, "Today I lost a very dear friend, my condolences to his family. Known Raj Kaushal, for years, done a film with him, enjoyed every minute of his company. I have never seen a frown on his face, he was always smiling, always there if you needed him…will miss you brother… RIP.