Priyanka Chopra's Dad Passed Away

Priyanka's father, Dr Ashok Chopra, lost a prolonged battle with cancer and his last breathed at Suburban hospital on Monday afternoon. Dr Chopra, 62, has retried from the Indian Army in 1997 as a lieutenant colonel and was ill for quite a long time.

Around 12.30pm the hospital authorities announced the demise of Dr Chopra . His body was first taken to the Chopra residence at Yari Road and then to the Oshiwara Crematorium where the last rites were performed between 5.30 to 6.00pm by Priyanka's brother Siddharth.

The actress was very close to her father and even has a tattoo 'Daddy's lil girl'inked on her wrist. TOI had earlier reported how the actress had parked herself at the suburban hospital, where Chopra was being treated, for the past six days.

In the morning the actress has posted a pictures collage of her father on her twitter page. Anurag Basu, the director who is a cancer survivor and a close friend of Priyanka. Apart form the friends and family, Priyanka almost the entire industry by her said. While her cousin Parineeti Chopra didn't not leave the actress alone for a moment. Uday Chopra also stated back till the last rites were done. Hrithik and Rakesh Roshan were among those who rushed to the hospital upon hearing the news.

Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Karan Johar, Deepika Padukone, Madhur Bhandarkar, Ranveer Singh, Punit Malhotra, Ramesh Taurar, Vishal Bharwaj, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Bela Sehgal, Manish Malhotra, Abbas Musta, Ronnie Screwvala, Apoorva Lakhia, Sajid Nadiawala were also present on the momemt.