Veteran actor
Jagdeep, who was known for his comic timing, passed away on July 8. He was known for his iconic role of ‘
Soorma Bhopali
’ in
Amitabh Bachchan and
Dharmendra starrer ‘Sholay’.
Soon after his sad demise,
Bollywood
celebs like
Ajay Devgn,
Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, and others took to social media to mourn his loss.
Now his son
Jaaved Jaaferi has written a heartfelt note and shared it on Twitter. In his note, he thanked everyone as he wrote, “My heartfelt thanks to all those who shared the pain of my fathers departure with so much love, appreciation, and regret. Itna pyaar..itni izzat..itni duaaein..??????❤️ Yahi toh hai 70 saalon ki asli kamai.”
Further he also mentioned about his father’s struggle and journey in Bollywood. He wrote, “From 10 to 81,all he breathed and lived was film. After losing his father at 7 and losing everything else that existed of a good life after the partition, it was a head to head combat with poverty and survival on the footpath’s of Mumbai. An 8 yr old with his mother thrown head first into the ocean. It was either sink or swim. So he swam. From working in small scale tin factories, to making kites, selling soap, to walking behind a Maalishwala holding his canister of oil and shouting ‘Maalish, tel maalish’. At 10 yrs of age what destiny choose for him, as the light at the end of the tunnel, was cinema.”Check out his full post here:
He also added that his father was a ‘legend’. “The word ‘legend’ is thrown around freely these days but in his case it is so amply justified. A father who taught me the values of life, the lessons of poverty, the importance of dedication and the finesse of craft, with innumerable stories of positivity and inspiration. Always smiling, with words of encouragement for all, and reminding me that true success is gauged by what one ‘is’ and not what one ‘has’, and by ‘what’ one knows and not ‘who’ one knows.”
Bidding adieu to his father, Jaaved wrote, “To the man I called ‘papa’ and who the world knew by his various avatars, SALAAM !!! Aapka naam Sooorma Bhopali ayysaee naee tha !!”