On Sunday 19th April, filmmaker and director Gurinder Chadha reported about losing her aunt to Covid-19 complications.
Chadha dedicated a heartfelt post to her aunt on Instagram as she shared family pictures featuring her aunt from the sets of her 2017 film Viceroy's House. She wrote,
"Today we said goodbye to my dearest bhuaji /aunt from COVID-19 complications. She was my dad's little sister. She survived the Partition of India and sadly for us, her family no one could be with her in person in her final moments."
Thanking the nurses of the Surrey Hospital in UK where her aunt was undergoing treatment for coronavirus she further wrote,
"Two nurses in the Surrey Hospital held her hand, FaceTimed her children who all chanted Sikh prayers during which her soul departed. God bless the heroes who made my dear aunt's passing humane."
