TIL Desk Bollywood/ Veteran actor Yusuf Hussain, known for featuring in films like Dhoom 2, Raees and Road to Sangam, passed away on Saturday due to COVID-19. He was 73. The actor passed away at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, Husain’s son-in-law, filmmaker Hansal Mehta said.
Mehta took to Twitter and penned an emotional note for the actor, recalling how Husain had helped him financially after his feature Shahid was stuck after two schedules. “I was troubled. A non-existent career as a filmmaker was almost finished completely. He just came up to me and said I have a fixed deposit and it is of no use to me if you are so troubled. He wrote a cheque. Shahid was completed. That was Yusuf Husain.
“Not my father-in-law but a father. He was life if life itself had to have a physical form. Today he is gone,” Mehta wrote. The filmmaker said he owes his “new life” to Husain and wrote he feels “truly orphaned today.” “Life will never be the same. I will miss you terribly. My Urdu will remain broken. And yes – love you love you love you,” he added. The veteran actor’s credits also include films like Dabangg 3, Oh My God, I Am Singh and had also shot for Abhishek Bachchan-starrer upcoming thriller Bob Biswas.
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