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Mumbai:

Cinematographer-filmmaker Gangu Ramsay, one of many seven Ramsay Brothers identified for cult horror movies comparable to Purani Haveli and Tehkhana, died at a hospital right here on Sunday morning, his household mentioned. He was 83.

According to the household, Gangu Ramsay had been battling well being points for the previous month.

“With profound sadness, we announce the passing of one of the Ramsay Brothers, the legendary cinematographer, filmmaker, producer and the second eldest son of F.U. Ramsay, Gangu Ramsay. He departed from us early this morning at 8 am, at the age of 83, after battling health issues for the past month. He was admitted in Kokilaben Hospital,” the household mentioned in a press release.

Gangu Ramsay is survived by daughter Geeta Ramsay and son Chander Ramsay.

The final rites befell on the Oshiwara Crematorium at 2 pm in the present day, the household added.

Under the Ramsay Brothers banner, established by patriarch FU Ramsay, Gangu Ramsay lent his artistic imaginative and prescient to over 50 iconic movies, together with “Veerana”, “Purana Mandir”, “Bandh Darwaza”, “Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche”, and “Khoj” starring Rishi Kapoor.

Ramsay Brothers turned synonymous with the style and went on to make a string of B-grade movies within the decade of Nineteen Seventies and Nineteen Eighties, that includes zombies, vampires, werewolves, reanimated corpses and snowmen. The movies have been broadly widespread for his or her distinctive mixture of horror and erotica.

According to Amborish Roychoudhury’s guide “In A Cult of Their Own: Bollywood Beyond Box Office”, the 1972 horror movie “Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche” was an amazing start line for Ramsay Brothers and the Indian horror movie trade.

The filmmaking departments have been break up among the many seven brothers — Kumar Ramsay wrote the script, Kiran Ramsay was in command of sound, Gangu Ramsay manned the digicam, Keshu Ramsay assisted on cinematography, whereas doubling up because the manufacturing man, whereas Arjun Ramsay dealt with post-production and modifying. Tulsi Ramsay and Shyam Ramsay have been to direct the movie, says the guide.

Gangu Ramsay additionally served as cinematographer on “Aashiq Awara”, certainly one of Saif Ali Khan’s preliminary motion pictures. He additionally collaborated with Akshay Kumar in varied “Khiladi” movies comparable to “Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi”, “Sabse Bada Khiladi”, “Mr and Mrs Khiladi” in addition to veteran Kannada actor Vishnuvardhan.

The late cinematographer additionally labored in tv, with reveals comparable to “The Zee Horror Show”, “Saturday Suspense”, “X Zone” and “Nagin” to his credit score. PTI KKP RDS RDS RDS