While the whole world was busy celebrating New Year's Eve on 31st December, 2016, the city of Istanbul was shattered when a nightclub named Reina was attacked with gunman who killed around 35 people and left 40 others injured. One of the most famous rising filmmaker of Bollywood Abis Rizvi lost his life in this sudden attack. Abis Rizvi was known for his films 'Roar: Tigers Of The Sunderbans' and 'He-Man.'
Bollywood celebs who came to know about his sudden death expressed their gratitude and deepest condolences via Twitter. Here are some of the tweets.
Madhur Bhandarkar- "Shocked by the news of losing one of my long time & dearest friend, Abis Rizvi, in the shootout in Istanbul. Will miss you my friend. RIP."
Randeep Hooda- "Shocking .. Life is too short, we take too much for granted.. #RIP #AbisRizvi .. Good man.. My condolences to the family 🙏 #istambulattack."
Raveena Tandon- "#istanbulterrorattack. #RipAbis ... Love you !!! ❤️may you be happy Abis , whichever heaven you are in..you beautiful charmer soul you..."
Javed Jaffery- "Devastated by the death of my friend #AbisRizvi in the dastardly terrorist attack this morning in an #Istanbul nightclub."
Naved Jaffery- "My childhood buddy #AbisRizvi who was more than a brother was killed last nght in #istanbulattack Condolences to the family.We will miss him."