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Actor Rituraj Singh, who died of a heart attack earlier this week, was much more than “just a senior”, actor Anup Soni said. Rituraj Singh was 59 years old at the time of death. Anup Soni, who is a close friend of Rituraj Singh, talked about their bond which goes back several decades. in conversation with Hindustan Times, Anoop Soni said: “It is really shocking that Rituraj is not there. This is really sad and shocking; I’m still in disbelief. “I didn’t know he had any pancreatic disease.” Anup Soni said that he met Rituraj Singh during the National School of Drama. Reflecting on their bond, Anoop Soni said, “The bond with Ritz (Rituraj Singh) was pure. I saw him for the first time when I was in the first year of National School of Drama. He was performing in a play at Shri Ram Center with Barry John. Rituraj and Manoj Bajpayee were there, and I loved the play; That’s how I first remembered him. When I came to Mumbai, he was already acting Make your point Serious efforts.”

But their friendship blossomed when the two started working together, said Anup Soni. “I got a chance to do a show called travel with them [Rituraj Singh], I, Irfan Brother [late actor Irrfan], Ritz, Deepika Deshpande, Kitu Gidwani, and Karan Shah, we were all together. This is where our friendship with him started. I was just starting out and was very new at that time but others were established by then. I was completely new to him and he always guided me, never having any sense of seniority. We connected well because we both had theater backgrounds from NSD. Bandhan was like a guru. He used to tell me, ‘Keep working, you will see the log when you work. [If you work, people will watch you], We became friends after senior junior. (We became friends after starting as senior-junior). I never called him sir or anything, always called him Ritz. We had a really good time, and we kept meeting after that because we had a lot of common friends,” she said, adding that they met recently on the sets of the film Satyamev Jayate And became associated with the “good old days”.

Rituraj Singh is known for his work in projects like Hitler Didi, Adaalat, Diya Aur Baati Hum, Bandish Bandits, Made in HeavenAnd this Indian Police Force, He is survived by his wife and two children.