Updated On: 21 July, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Urmil Kumar Thapliyal passed away at the age of 78 after a prolonged illness

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Renowned theatre director, satirist and eminent columnist Urmil Kumar Thapliyal passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 78.
His family said that Thapliyal was suffering from intestinal cancer and had been in and out of medical facilities for some time now. He returned home on July 17 after being discharged from the hospital but breathed his last at his residence on Tuesday late evening.