Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpayee and others mourn Vikram Gokhale"s death

Mumbai | Saturday | 26th November, 2022

Summary:

Mumbai, Nov 26 (PTI) Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpayee, Anil Kapoor and Raveena Tandon were among the stars of Indian cinema who on Saturday remembered veteran actor Vikram Gokhale, who died at a Pune hospital.

Gokhale, known for several Marathi and Bollywood films including the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer "Agneepath" (1990), "Bhool Bhulaiyaa" (2007), "Natsamrat" (2015) and "Mission Mangal" (2019), passed away on Saturday due to multi-organ failure at a Pune-based hospital where he was undergoing treatment.

He was 77.

Kumar said he learned a lot from the veteran actor when he worked with him in movies such as "Bhool Bhulaiyaa" and "Mission Mangal".

"Very sad to know of the demise of Vikram Gokhale ji.

Worked with him in films like Bhool Bhulaiyaa, Mission Mangal, had so much to learn from him.

Om Shanti," he tweeted.

Indian cinema lost a gem of an actor, said Bajpayee.

"Had the privilege of working with him in "Aiyaary" and shared a few great moments with him on the set! Saddened to hear about Shri Vikram Gokhale ji’s demise.

My thoughts & prayers are with the family," the actor said.

Kapoor reminisced about working with Gokhale in his 1989 movie "Eeshwar".

"I had the honour & privilege to work with Vikram Gokhale ji in one of the films that is very very close to my heart and his contribution to that film was immense, had a great time working with him...

"He was a great actor of Indian cinema...

Respected and immensely admired theatre & star actor in Marathi cinema...