Barkha Dutt’s Father Loses Battle To COVID-19; Abhishek Bachchan & Other Celebs Offer Heartfelt Condolences

Senior
journalist
Barkha
Dutt
recently
took
to
social
media
to
share
the
news
of
her
father
SP
Dutt’s
demise
on
Tuesday
(April
27,
2021).
Dutt
who
was
an
Air
India
official,
breathed
his
last
after
battling
with
COVID-19.

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In
a
series
of
tweets,
Barkha
opened
up
about
her
bond
with
her
late
father
and
said
that
she
couldn’t
keep
her
word
of
bringing
him
back
home
in
two
days.
She
tweeted,
“The
kindest,
loveliest
man
I
have
ever
known,
my
father
Speedy,
lost
the
COVID
battle
and
died
this
morning.
When
I
took
him
to
hospital,
against
his
will,
I
promised
I
would
bring
him
home
in
two
days.
I
couldn’t
keep
my
word.
I
failed.
He
never
broke
a
promise
he
made
to
us.”

Barkha
also
thanked
the
frontline
workers
who
helped
her
family
during
this
crisis
and
wrote
in
a
tweet,
“My
father’s
last
words
to
me
were:
“I’m
choking,
treat
me”-
to
all
the
doctors
at
Medanta,
nurses,
ward
staff,
security
guards,
ambulance
drivers,
my
gratitude
for
trying
so
hard.”

She
continued
in
another
tweet,
“My
father
loved
to
invent
things,
make
trains,
planes
and
of
course,
his
grandchildren.
I’d
like
to
remember
Speedy
as
the
handsome
man,
eccentric
scientist,
doting
father
who
gave
my
sister
and
I
wings,
than
to
think
of
him
strapped
to
pipes.
My
best
tribute
to
him
is
to
redouble
my
commitment
to
report
Covid
on
the
ground
&
give
voice
to
those
who
don’t
have
one.”

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Is
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Meanwhile,
many
celebrities
took
to
their
respective
social
media
handles
to
pay
their
last
respect
to
Barkha’s
father.

Abhishek
Bachchan
wrote,
“My
deepest
condolences
to
you
Barkha.
May
God
give
you
and
the
family
strength
during
this
very
difficult
time.”

My
deepest
condolences
to
you
Barkha.
May
God
give
you
and
the
family
strength
during
this
very
difficult
time.
🙏🏽

—
Abhishek
Bachchan
(@juniorbachchan)

April
27,
2021

Farhan
Akhtar’s
tweet
read,
“So
sorry
for
your
loss
Barkha.
Deepest
condolences.
❤️🙏🏽
RIP.”

So
sorry
for
your
loss
Barkha.
Deepest
condolences.
❤️🙏🏽
RIP.

—
Farhan
Akhtar
(@FarOutAkhtar)

April
27,
2021

Television
host
and
actress
Mini
Mathur
wrote,
“So
so
sorry
for
your
loss
Barkha.
This
is
heartbreaking”.

So
so
sorry
for
your
loss
Barkha.
This
is
heartbreaking.

—
Mini
Mathur
(@minimathur)

April
27,
2021

Actress-politician
Smriti
Irani
also
offered
her
heartfelt
condolences
with
a
tweet.

Condolences
🙏

—
Smriti
Z
Irani
(@smritiirani)

April
27,
2021

Aditi
Rao
Hydari
tweeted,
“Deepest
condolences,
love
and
healing
to
you
and
the
family.”

Deepest
condolences,
love
and
healing
to
you
and
the
family.
🙏🏻

—
Aditi
Rao
Hydari
(@aditiraohydari)

April
27,
2021

Taapsee
Pannu’s
tweet
read,
“Big
hug
for
you
Barkha.”

Big
hug
for
you
Barkha

—
taapsee
pannu
(@taapsee)

April
27,
2021