B-town pays condolences to Rituparno Ghosh on Twitter

The national award winning filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh passed away at 7:30am today. He was suffering from pancreatitis. The news has left the B-town fraternity in a shock.

He was one of the most talented young directors in our country who had directed films like Chokher Bali, Raincoat, Chitrangda and The Last Lear.

B-town took to Twitter to pay tribute. Here are a few tweets:

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Shocked and saddened to hear about the demise of Rituparno Ghosh. RIP. taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 30, 2013

Absolutely shocked and numb to hear Rituda (legendary filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh) passed away a few hrs..ago just spoke to @ramkamal #numb Celina Jaitly (@CelinaJaitly) May 30, 2013

Sad n shocking to hear about Rituparno Ghosh. RIP kunal kohli (@kunalkohli) May 30, 2013

I m speechless & shocked to know that talentedfilmmaker Rituparna Ghosh has expired. Madhur Bhandarkar (@mbhandarkar268) May 30, 2013

OH God.. Saddened to hear of the untimely demise of a very learned man and one of my directors Rutuporno Ghosh.RIP My friend. Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) May 30, 2013

Absolutely numbed by the saddest news of Rituparno Ghosh not being with us anymore. Loss of a dear (cont) tl.gd/lu92ko arjun rampal (@rampalarjun) May 30, 2013

Rituparno Ghosh had great sense of humour. He had a brilliant understanding of human behaviour. Will miss him and his cinema. RIP my Friend. Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) May 30, 2013

Rituporno Ghosh, 1963 - 2013. We will remember you. Konkona Sensharma (@konkonas) May 30, 2013

Shocked by passing of Rituparno Ghosh. He was dreaming of getting into what he called his 'next phase'. Hugely creative explorer on film Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) May 30, 2013

Shockd & saddend 2 hear of rituparno ghosh. It was grt wrking wit him in Raincoat &his way of looking at things was so diffrent and unique. Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) May 30, 2013

Landed in coimbatore n got heartbreaking news!Ritu da has passed away!Dont want to believe it!I have such wonderful memories with him! Bipasha Basu (@bipsluvurself) May 30, 2013

Had the honour of meeting Rituporna Ghosh this year at the National Awards. Cannot believe how unpredictable life is. RIP sir. Parineeti Chopra (@ParineetiChopra) May 30, 2013

RIP Rituparno Ghosh....Condolences to the family. dia mirza (@deespeak) May 30, 2013

Rituporno Ghosh....RIP...too young to go....just does not seem fair...warm,sensitive and talented...remember him fondly..... Karan Johar (@kjohar25) May 30, 2013

Shocked to hear about the untimely passing of Rituparno Ghosh. RIP. Condolences to the family. Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) May 30, 2013

Absolutely shocked with the news of the passing of Ritu da. A dear friend and a great director and a wonderful, wonderful human. #RIPRituda Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) May 30, 2013