Bollywood Producer among 39 shot dead in Istambul nightclub on New Year’s eve


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Mumbai: Film producer and educationist Abis Rizvi, 49, was ushering in the New Year with his friends at the popular Reina nightclub in Istanbul when gunman opened fire

 

The massacre at an Istanbul night club on New Year by a lone gunman claimed the lives of 39 people, including well-known movie producer Abis Rizvi from Mumbai. The other Indian killed in the attack is Khushi Shah from Gujarat. Abis, 49, who was also an educationist and the CEO of Rizvi group of companies, was ushering in the New Year at the popular Reina nightclub on the Bosphorus with his friends when an unidentified gun man opened indiscriminate fire inside the venue. A man hunt is on in Turkey for the attacker. 

 

Abis was the elder son of Dr Akhtar Hasan Rizvi, a former Rajya Sabha MP and noted builder and educationist from Bandra. The family is on its way to Istanbul. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Twitter that she had spoken to Abis’s father and was organising visas for the family to go to Istanbul. The funeral is likely to take place in Mumbai on Tuesday.

In a statement, Javed Rizvi, trustee, Rizvi Education Society, said, "Rizvi Educational Society mourns the death of its secretary Abis Rizvi in a terrorist attack in Istanbul on Sunday. Abis Rizvi was vacationing in Turkey when he fell victim to the heinous act. He is survived by his son, wife and parents. The family requests privacy in this hour of grief."

 

Officials from Ministry of External Affairs informed the Rizvi family about the tragic incident on Sunday afternoon.

 

Actor-director Puneet Issar, who has been working with Rizvi on a film, was shattered at the news. Issar had spoken to Rizvi around two hours before the attack. "I spoke to him on December 31 at 10.45 pm and couldn’t believe it when I heard about his demise. I have written and directed a film called He-Man which he is producing. We even saw the rough cut of that film together on December 24." Issar said that their association had strengthened in the last two years while they were working on this film. "He was a fantastic person and a lovely man. His friends swore by him," he added. Rizvi had co-written and produced the movie Roar -Tigers of the Sundarbans directed by Kamal Sadanah in 2014. He also played a vital role in running Rizvi College in Bandra.

 

Abis and his friends, who were vacationing in Turkey for the past few days, chose Reina, one of Istanbul’s most popular nightclubs, which overlooks the Bosphorus Strait separating Europe and Asia in the city’s cosmopolitan Ortakoy district.

 

In 2010, Abis’s younger brother Saquib passed away in an accident.

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