Veteran Bollywood actor Jagdeep passes away
Last updated on: 10 July,2020 12:23 pm
Veteran Bollywood actor Jagdeep passed away at his residence in Bandra.
ISLAMABAD (online): Veteran Bollywood actor Jagdeep passed away in Mumbai.
The actor, who was 81-year-old, was fondly known for playing the role of Soorma Bhopali in Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra starrer Sholay.
"He passed away at 8.30 pm at his residence in Bandra. He was not doing well due to age-related issues", producer Mehmood Ali, a close family friend, told.
The funeral of the actor took place at Iranian Shia Isna cemetery at Mazgaon, Mumbai. Jaaved Jaafri and Naved Jafri, his two sons, were clicked at the funeral. Owing to the current situation of the country, the funeral took place at a cemetery in South Bombay, by following the protocol provided by the government.
Born on March 29, 1939, as Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri in Amritsar, Jagdeep acted in over 400 films. New-generation Bollywood buffs would recall him as Salman Khan’s father in Rajkumar Santoshi’s Andaaz Apna Apna (1994). Jagdeep started his career as a child artiste in BR Chopra’s 1951 release, Afsana, starring Ashok Kumar, Veena and Pran.
As a child artiste he also worked in the Raj Kapoor-produced Ab Dilli Door Nahin, KA Abbas’s Munna, Guru Dutt’s Aar Paar, Bimal Roy’s Do Bigha Zamin and the AVM-produced Hum Panchi Ek Dal Ke.