Bend It Like Beckham Director Gurinder Chadha's Aunt Passes Away Due To Coronavirus

As the world battles a public health emergency, there is bound to be heartbreaking news.?

It is now confirmed that Bend It Like Beckham or Balle Balle Amritsar to LA director Gurinder Chadha's buaji (paternal aunt) has passed away due to COVID:19.?

On Instagram, Gurinder Chadha shared the happiest pictures of her aunt with herself and her other family members. The filmmaker also wrote a moving note as a tribute to her aunt.?

The note read, "Today we said goodbye to my dearest bhuaji /aunt from #covi?d19 complications. She was my dad's little sister.?She survived the Partition of India and sadly for us, her family no one could be with her in person in her final moments."

Gurinder Chadha / Instagram

She further provided more heartbreaking details by writing, "BUT two nurses in the Surrey hospital held her hand, FaceTimed her children who all chanted Sikh prayers during which her soul departed. God bless the?#nhsheroes?who made my dear aunts passing humane. ??? "

Reading this just broke our hearts as no one deserves to die like this. We all need to come together to stop the spread of coronavirus so that more lives are not lost. Please start by staying at home and staying safe.?