His friend, actor Manchu Manoj, who starred in his first feature film in 2008, spoke about Shastri’s death on social media, Deccan Chronicle reports.
The cause and circumstances of the artist’s death have not yet been disclosed by the country’s media when publishing his obituaries.
Ajay Shastri was born in 1974. He made his directorial debut with the short film “12”. He also worked in advertising. Before turning his attention to film, he was the frontman for the rock bands AlterEgoz and Jekyll and Hyde.