Nandita Puri Age : In 1993, he married journalist nandita puri, with whom he had a son named ishaan.2728 in 2009, nandita wrote a biography of her husband titled on 6 january 2017, puri died at the age of 66, after having a heart attack at his residence in andheri, mumbai.333435 he was honoured at the 89th.