Casting director Mukesh Chhabra's mother passes away, Farah Khan, Aparshakti Khurana, Nupur Sanon arrive at the hospital

(Pics courtesy: Viral Bhayani/ Instagram, Yogen Shah)

Bollywood's most popular casting director and one of the prominent entities of the Hindi film industry, Mukesh Chhabra's mother Kamal Chhabra passed away today, i.e on April 13.

While the reason behind her death is still not known, according to the latest updates, the last rites of Chhabra's mother are believed to take place on Friday, April 14 in Mumbai's Oshiwara.

The unfortunate news of Kamal Chhabra's demise was shared on Instagram by one of the most popular celebrity photographers, Viral Bhayani on his official Instagram handle.

Sharing a photo of Mukesh along with his late mother, Viral wrote, "It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of #MukeshChhabra's mother, on 13th April. Last rites will be done tomorrow on 14th April at Oshiwara. May her soul rest in eternal peace. Om Shanti".

According to reports, Smt. Kamal Chhabra was in ICU for the last 15 days at the Kokilaben Hospital, where she breathed her last.

Bollywood actors Aparshakti Khurana, Nupur Sanon and filmmaker Farah Khan were some of the celebs who were spotted outside the Kokilaben Hospital on Thursday afternoon.

Bollywood director Vikas Bahl and actor Sunil Grover too arrived at the hospital.

Mukesh who made his directorial debut with Sushant Singh Rajput's swansong, 'Dil Bechara' has done casting for over 300 movies, more than 100 web series and several TV commercials.

Touted as one of the biggest directors in B-Town, Chhabra is best known to discover talents like Sushant Singh Rajput, Rajkummar Rao, Mrunal Thakur, Pratik Gandhi, and Fatima Sana Shaikh among many others.