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The aam aadmi's actor, Farooq Sheikh, no more: Twitter reacts
Twitter pays tributes to actor Farooque Sheikh.
Farooq Sheikh, one of the doyens of parallel cinema in India who gave cine-goers some of the best portrayals of the aam aadmi, passed away following a heart attack in Dubai in the wee hours of Saturday.Shocked colleagues from the film industry who spoke to him as recently as three days ago and Bollywood fans paid tributes on micro-blogging site Twitter.[caption id="attachment_1311129" align="alignright" width="380"]![File photo of Farooq Sheikh.]()
File photo of Farooq Sheikh.[/caption]Here's what some of them said.
File photo of Farooq Sheikh.[/caption]Here's what some of them said.Farooq Sheikh (& Amol Palekar) spearheaded the brief, memorable 'Mild Young Man' phase in Hindi films, in front of BigB's Angry Young Man!
— Karthik Srinivasan (@beastoftraal) December 28, 2013 Farooq Sheikh RIP...can't believe he's no more....what a fantastic actor he was! :-((( — renuka shahane (@renukash) December 28, 2013Sad to hear the news. Loved his film #ChashmeBuddoor. RIP Sir Farooq Sheikh. Prayers & Condolences. — Sachin Sharma (@Sharma20Sachin) December 28, 2013 A very good memory of Farooq Sheikh as a person - offered me money at airport when he overheard me telling my dad I didn't have (1/2)
— Harshad Deshpande (@d_harshad_d) December 28, 2013 Tragic news about Farooque Sheikh. No matter what movie, he just brought tremendous dignity to proceedings.
— Karan Anshuman (@krnx) December 28, 2013First Published:Dec 28, 2013, 09:10:24 IST
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