Aditya Paudwal, son of veteran singer Anuradha Paudwal, succumbed to kidney failure on Friday, at the age of 35. His friend and associate DJ Shiezwood, who arrived at Anuradha's home a few days ago for the recording of a bhajan, said that it was all sudden, as he seemed to be in good health. "Then, a week ago, Anuradha ji called me and said he wasn't keeping well. He was admitted to Hinduja Hospital and was having difficulty in breathing. His kidney functions were found to be off the charts. The doctors wanted to stabilise him before addressing it, and hence put him on a ventilator. Then, his BP fell to 33-42. In the morning, he passed away," says Sheizwood, adding that COVID-19 had been ruled out as a possible cause of death.

Rohan Gokhale, one half of the Marathi musician duo Rohan-Rohan, and a frequent collaborator of Aditya, had been working with him on a couple of upcoming Marathi films. "He had been ill for a while, but we didn't think it would lead to this. Even when we were working on the film Thackeray, he was undergoing treatment. Twelve days ago, I was discussing the background score of a film with him, and now, I learnt of his passing. We were told he had been hospitalised, and there was some sort of infection, but no one knew it would lead to this," says Gokhale, who has also worked with Aditya on films like Bonus, and Sanjay Dutt's Baba.