Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra's father, Devendra Nath Mishra, passed away on Thursday morning due to a heart ailment. Sudhir took to Twitter and wrote, "More than anything he was my teacher and friend." Condoling his death, filmmaker Nikkhil Advani wrote, "Most don't realise...contribution of Sudhir's parents to...film industry. They opened their house and hearts for all dreamers that walked into it."