Bollywood’s veteran actor Soorma Bhopali is no more. He breathed his last at 8.30 pm local time on Wednesday. The news of his death has been confirmed on behalf of his family at night. He was 81 years old at the time of his death.
His real name was Saeed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri. He started with the role of a child artist in BR Chopra’s ‘Afsana’.
Shole, Guru Dutt’s ‘Aar Par’, Bimal Roy’s ‘Do Bigha Zamin’ are his notable works. The then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru praised his performance in the film ‘Hum Panchi Ek Dal Ke’. He has acted in about 400 films.
Meanwhile, many are saying that the death march is going on in Bollywood. Rishi Kapoor, a veteran Bollywood actor, passed away a few months ago. Popular Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan died just before his death. They had been ill for some time. But after that the composer Wajid Khan died suddenly. After that Sushant Singh Rajput committed suicide. Dancer Saroj Khan passed away a few days ago.
Multiple Bollywood stars have expressed their grief over the death of the actor. Many including Johnny Lever, Ajay Devgn, Manoj Vajpayee have paid their respects by tweeting.
