Actor Abhishek Bachchan on Wednesday announced that the trailer release date of Ghoomer has been shifted from August 3 to August 4 as a mark of respect to the recently deceased Bollywood art director Nitin Desai.

“As a mark of respect to our beloved #NitinDesai, we the team of #Ghoomer have decided to postpone our trailer release function which was to be held tomorrow in Mumbai. We will release it day after on the 4th of August. ,” the Dostana actor posted this on Twitter on behalf of his team.

Nitin Desai, who created sets of blockbuster films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Jodhaa Akbar and Lagaan, was found dead in his Mumbai studio on Wednesday.

Prior to announcing the postponement of the trailer launch date of the R. Balki directorial, Abhishek also reacted to the news on social media. “Very sad to hear about the passing of Nitin Desai. We worked on so many films together. Was such a fine artist and a gentleman. May god grant him and his family peace. ” he wrote on the microblogging site.

Akshay Kumar also postponed the trailer release of his film OMG 2 after the news of Nitin Desai’s passing came to light on Wednesday. “Unbelievably sad to know about the demise of Nitin Desai. He was a stalwart in production design and such a big part of our cinema fraternity. He worked on so many of my films… this is a huge loss. Out of respect, we are not releasing the OMG 2 trailer today. Will launch it tomorrow at 11am. Om Shanti ,” he tweeted.

Apart from Abhishek, Ghoomer also features Saiyami Kher, Shabana Azmi and Angad Bedi in the lead roles. The film is an inspiring tale of a paraplegic sportsperson, played by Saiyami. It revolves around how she excels as a cricketer under the guidance of her coach, played by Abhishek.

Ghoomer is set to release in the theatres on August 18.