The director of Maine Pyaar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Hum Saath-Saath Hain and many other family dramas, Sooraj Barjatya, lost his father, Raj Kumar Barjatya. The Bollywood film producer Rajkumar Barjatya passed away at Mumbai's Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital on Thursday, February 21, 2019.

Komal Nahta broke the news on the social media platform - Twitter and wrote, "Terribly shocking news. Shri Rajkumar Barjatya passed away some minutes back at Reliance Hurkissondas Hospital. Can't believe this. Met him just a week back at his Prabhadevi office. He spent so much time with me and my family. He looked perfectly alright then. And now, he's gone!"