Yet another talent house of cine world has left for the heavenly abode... Ace cinematographer Ashok Mehta passed away on 15th Aug 2012 due to lung cancer.

Several B-town celebrities expressed their grief on losing a well-acclaimed personality, who has fine works namely 'Bandit Queen', 'Khalnayak' and 'Gaja Gamini' among others under his name.

The world of Twitter was filled with messages of condolence and tribute to Mehta, some of which are here below...
 
Madhur Bhandarkar - Sad to hear about demise of the cinematographer Ashok Mehta who changed the vision of Indian cinema. RIP.
 
Priyanka Chopra ? - RIP Ashok mehta.. Used to fondly call him chachu.. Indias Pioneer cinematographer..Such fond memories of him. Ur legacy lives on chachu!
 
Shabana ?Azmi - Ace cinematographer Ashok Mehta no more.one of the finest in the country. Huge loss.condolences to the family.
 
Preity Zinta - R.I.P Ashok Mehta ! The Country loses one more legend. May his soul rest in peace. He was one of the finest Human beings & cinematographer.
 
Shekhar Kapur - RIP Ashok Mehta DOP (Director of Photography) who taught me that my instincts were good, but only as good as my courage to follow them through. India's Greatest DOP. Sorry we never worked after Bandit Queen. Thank you for teaching me to be fearless in cinema.
 
Anurag Kashyap - RIP Chachu .. the nicest man I knew in Mumbai... ever inspiring and ever giving.
 
Arshad Warsi - A man full of life who I love and respect has passed away. My favourite DOP Ashok Mehta... May his soul rest in peace.
 
Ken Ghosh - Really saddened by the news of the death of Ashok Mehta - The man I learnt so much from, my guru.
 
Dia Mirza - This man was a real Tiger! He would roar the word Bachche! Kind soul. Ace DOP. Ace Family man. Ace Friend. Ace Countryman. RIP Ashok Mehta.
 
Sanjay Suri - First Gautam Rajadhakshya, Prabhuddha Dasgupta and now Ashok Mehta. What a loss! Men who made our world of visual art richer.
 
Raveena Tandon - 'Rest in peace Ashok Mehta,am sure ur correcting the Lighting and the framing up there too..making it even more beautiful for us...I was one of the Last u shot with,2 weeks ago at Mehboob studios for the save the girl child video,I'm sure it'll be my best bcoz of you.'