Several Bollywood stars and the friends of bereaving Raj family turned up to attend the prayer meet of veteran actor Jagdish Raj, held in Mumbai on the evening of July 30.
Anil Kapoor was seen offering condolences to the late actor’s daughter Anita Raj and her husband Sunil Hingorani.
The actress, who starred in several 1980s’ films alongside Kapoor, was recently roped in for a part in the actor’s upcoming television show 24.
Jagdish Raj passed away at the age of 85 on July 28 in Mumbai.
Celebrities expressed grief over the demise of the veteran actor who had the record of playing a police officer 144 times in various Bollywood films.
“He was not keeping well for the past two years. He had lung and respiratory problems. He passed away due to respiratory problems,” the actor’s son-in-law Rakesh Malhotra said.
“Shri Jagdish Raj, the official “Police Inspector” of the Indian film industry, passed away. RIP,” director Rahul Rawail wrote on micro-blogging site twitter.
Filmmaker Ashok Pandit said, “Sad to know Jagdish Raj is no more. The industry lost its grt Police officer. RIP.” “RIP Jagdish Raj, the quintessential police officer for generations in Indian films. Your works will live on,” actress Soumya Tandon said.
“Not seen any news channel cover the demise of Jagdish Raj. Sad,” Tanuj Garg of Balaji Telefilms said.
The last rites of the actor were performed at the Pawan Hans crematorium here.
“Only family and close friends had come for the last rites. From the industry, Rishi Kapoor, David Dhawan, Rahul Rawail had come,” Malhotra said.
Born as Jagdish Raj Khurana in Sargodha, British India (now part of Pakistan), he acted in films from 1960 till retirement in 1992.
Some of his popular movies include “Deewar”, “Don”, “Shakti”, “Mazdoor”, “Imaan Dharam”, “Gopichand Jasoos”, “Silsila”, “Aaina” and “Besharam”.
Though Jagdish occasionally played a villain and a couple of times essayed the role of a judge, he was best known for being cast a record 144 times as a police officer.
He is survived by two daughters and a son.-PTI
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