When Kunal Deshmukh left for a friend's wedding in Kathmandu four days ago, little would he have imagined about a fun trip turning into a nightmare of sorts. As Nepal's worst earthquake in eight decades struck on Saturday — recording 7.9 on the Richter scale and claiming more than 1500 lives — the director was desperate to call up his loved ones and inform them of his well-being. But thanks to jammed phone lines, his family spent a few anxious hours before they heard his voice in a five-second call.

Nepal earthquake: The aftermath in pictures