Jagdeep’s Grandson Meezaan Jaaferi Shares A Priceless Reminiscence. No Caption Wanted

New Delhi:

Veteran actor-comedian Jagdeep, who died at the age of 81 in Mumbai on Wednesday, was remembered by his grandson Meezaan Jaaferi (Jaaved Jaaferi’s son) in an Instagram publish. The Malaal actor shared a priceless childhood reminiscence together with his late grandfather on his Instagram profile on Thursday night. Meezaan accompanied the publish with a coronary heart emoticon. No caption wanted. Within the feedback part, Meezaan’s Instafam paid tribute to the veteran actor, who was best-known for starring in movies resembling Sholay, Purana Mandir and Andaz Apna Apna. “He handed away at eight.30 pm at his residence in Bandra. He was not maintaining effectively attributable to age associated points,” filmmaker Mehmood Ali, an in depth household pal, instructed information company PTI.

A publish shared by Meezaan (@meezaanj) on Jul 9, 2020 at 5:37am PDT

Jagdeep’s funeral was attended by sons Jaaved Jaaferi and Naved Jafri, grandson Meezaan together with a couple of relations and shut pals. Johnny Lever, who co-starred with Jagdeep in his first movie Yeh Rishta Na Toote, was additionally current on the funeral. “The veteran actor was laid to at a cemetery in south Mumbai’s Byculla neighbourhood at round 2.30 pm, a household supply instructed PTI.

Born as Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri, the legendary actor was popularly often known as Jagdeep, his stage identify. He famously starred as Soorma Bhopali in Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra’s 1975 movie Sholay. He additionally directed the Soorma Bhopali, a 1988 movie based mostly on his character from Sholay. Jagdeep’s filmography consists of movies like Bindiya, Bhabhi, Barkha, Brahmachari, Purana Mandir, China Gate, Hasina Aur Nagina, Phool Aur Kaante, Insaan Bana Shaitan, Andaz Apna Apna, Shahenshah and Qurbani amongst many others.

(With inputs from PTI)