Tributes pour in for Farooq Sheikh

Bollywood actor and theater personality Farooq Sheikh’s demise has shocked not only the entertainment industry but the Indian populace in general.
 
He was a thorough gentleman and a great actor. Tributes are inundating the Twitter world…
 
Amitabh Bachchan: Farooq Sheikh !! Cannot believe he has gone. There was an absence of any kind of pretence in his demeanour, or towards his work !!
 
Amitabh Bachchan: God !! Farooq Sheikh passes away !!? A true gentleman, a wonderful colleague ! A quiet honesty about him. Very very sad !
 
Omar Abdullah: Only ever met him once & didn't actually know him but he was an amazingly polite gentleman. Very pleasant encounter. RIP Farooq Sheikh Sahib
 
Arshad Warsi: Really sad to hear about Farooq Sheikh, admired him as a person and as an actor... RIP Farooq Sahab.
 
 
Deepti Naval, Farooq Sheikh's co-star in many films, told an Indian news television channel, NDTV, "Just heard the news...and its completely devastating. For me he was one of the finest actors in the Hindi film industry. With our last film together...it threw us back into a working life again."

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