Jaaved Jaaferi pens a heartfelt note for late father Jagdeep; thanks everyone for their love and support

Veteran actor Jagdeep bid adieu to the world on July 8, 2020. He was known for his iconic role of Soorma Bhopali in ‘Sholay’. His son Jaaved Jaaferi penned down a heartfelt note for him and thanked his fans for their prayers and support in this tough time.

Jaaved took to his Twitter handle and wrote, “My heartfelt thanks to all those who shared the pain of my fathers departure with so much love, (cont)” Along with his tweet attached a link to the long note. It read, “My heartfelt thanks to all those who shared the pain of my fathers departure with so much love, appreciation, and regret. Itna pyaar..itni izzat..itni duaaein..??????❤️ Yahi toh hai 70 saalon ki asli kamai.”

He further recalled, “From 10 to 81, all he breathed and lived was film. After losing his father at 7 and losing everything else that existed of a good life after the partition, it was a head to head combat with poverty and survival on the footpath’s of Mumbai. An 8 yr old with his mother thrown head first into the ocean. It was either sink or swim. So he swam. From working in small scale tin factories, to making kites, selling soap, to walking behind a Maalishwala holding his canister of oil and shouting ‘Maalish, tel maalish’. At 10 yrs of age what destiny choose for him, as the light at the end of the tunnel, was cinema.”

Jaaved concluded the note with, “What a man,what a journey. Hindustaan ke logon ko do cheezon se bohot lagaao hai, ek hai Ma, doosra, Cinema. Mere father ko bhi in donon se behad lagaao tha. I would like to end with his favourite couplet which his Maa quoted under dire straits and which he constantly used as a reminder – “Woh manzil kya, jo aasaani se teh ho; Woh raahi kya, jo thak kar baith jaaye” Magar afsos zindagi kabhi kabhi thak kar baithne per majboor kar deti hai. Hausla bulund hota hai par jism saath nahi deta. To the man I called ‘papa’ and who the world knew by his various avatars, SALAAM !!! Aapka naam Sooorma Bhopali ayysaee naee tha !!”

My heartfelt thanks to all those who shared the pain of my fathers departure with so much love, (cont) https://t.co/YbPTkGzRYd

— Jaaved Jaaferi (@jaavedjaaferi) July 13, 2020

We offer our heartfelt condolences to Jagdeep’s family. May his soul rest in peace.

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