Neeraj Vora Age, Death Cause, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio
Real Name	Neeraj Vora
Profession	Director, Writer, Actor, Filmmaker
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 160 cm in meters- 1.60 m in feet inches- 5’ 3”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 85 kg in pounds- 187 lbs
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	22 January 1963
Birth Place	Bhuj, Gujarat, India
Date of Death	14 December 2017
Place of Death	Criti Care hospital in Juhu, Mumbai
Age (at the time of death)	54 Years
Death Cause	Coma
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Aquarius
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Debut	Acting: Holi (1984) Writing: Daud (1997) Direction: Khiladi 420 (2000)
Family	Father- Late Pandit Vinayak Rai Nanalal Vora (Classical Musician) Mother- Late Premila Ben Brother- Not Known Sister- Not Known
Religion	Hinduism
Address	201/202, Chamunda Niwas, B-Wing, 2nd Floor, Tagore Road, Santacruz, Mumbai
Hobbies	Writing, Listening to classical music
Controversy	In 2008, Govinda slapped Neeraj on the sets of a film. This whole thing happened during a scene when actor Aryan Vaid was supposed to slap Govinda. Aryan accidentally slapped him too hard, which fumed Govinda, who then went to Neeraj who was executing the scene and without any talk, he straightaway slapped him, and walked out of the sets.
Favourite Things
Favourite Actor	Akshay Kumar
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Widower
Wife/Spouse	Name Not Known (died in 2004)
Children	Son- None Daughter- None

Some Lesser Known Facts About Neeraj Vora

Vora was born into a middle-class art-loving Gujarati family, as his father was a renowned Tar-Shehnai player, and mother, a movie fanatic.

He got his first Bollywood break with Ketan Mehta’s coming-of-age-drama ‘Holi’ (1984) which featured Aamir Khan, Ashutosh Gowariker, Om Puri, Shreeram Lagoo, Deepti Naval and Naseeruddin Shah.

In the mid-1980s, he made a mark in the field of acting with the TV show, such as ‘Choti Badi Baatein’ and ‘Circus.’

In spite of being a side actor, he always made an impact with his sheer comic timing in – Rangeela, Daud, Mann, Satya, Mast, Hello Brother, Jung, Baadshah, Bol Bachchan, Welcome Back, to name a few.

His most notable work as a writer was – Hera Pheri series (2000) and Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal (2006), and as a director was – Phir Hera Pheri (2006).

In October 2016, he suffered a heart attack followed by a brain stroke due to which he was in a state of coma.

His good friend and Bollywood filmmaker Firoz Nadiadwala came forward in those hard times and in August 2017, Nadiadwala converted a room of his home into a fully-functional intensive care unit, after which Vora started to show signs of recovery, and seemed to be out of danger.

On 14 December 2017, he lost his battle with coma and passed away at 3 am at Criti Care Juhu, Mumbai.

He was set to direct the third sequel of the ‘Hera Pheri’ franchise, was involved in the process, but suffered the heart attack, after which the project haulted.