Veteran actor Shiv Kumar Subramaniam, who played Alia Bhatt`s dad in `2 States` dies

Mumbai: Veteran bollywood actor-screenwriter Shiv Kumar Subramaniam has died. Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, on Monday morning, took to Twitter and confirmed the demise of Subrahmanyam.

"Extremely shocked and pained to know about the tragic demise of our dear friend, a great actor and a brilliant human being Shiv Subramaniam. My heartfelt condolences to his wife Divya. May God give you enough energy to face this tragedy," Ashoke`s tweet read.

The cause of death is not known at the moment.

For the unversed, Shiv Kumar Subramaniam was credited for writing the screenplay for the 1989 film `Parinda`, and for Sudhir Mishra`s `Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi`. He also won many hearts with his role as Alia Bhatt`s father in `Two States`. He was last seen in Netflix`s film `Meenakshi Sundareshwar`.