Deepti Naval, Shabana Azmi, Sonali Bendre Break Down At Farooque Sheikh's Funeral
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Bollywood
celebrities
were
in
tears
as
they
bade
farewell
to
veteran
actor
Farooque
Sheikh,
who
was
laid
to
rest
at
the
Andheri
graveyard
in
Mumbai,
Monday
evening.
The
body
of
the
65-year-old
actor
was
earlier
in
the
day
brought
to
Mumbai
from
Dubai,
where
he
died
after
a
cardiac
arrest
Friday.
Farooque's
close
friends
and
family
members
were
inconsolable
and
shared
their
memories
about
him.
"I
will
never
meet
a
person
like
him.
His
friendship
matters
a
lot
to
me.
I
was
lucky
to
find
a
co-star
like
him.
He
never
did
any
film
for
money
but
only
if
he
liked
the
script," Deepti
Naval
told
reporters.
Sonali
Bendre
broke
down
in
front
of
the
media.
"I
was
shocked
when
I
heard
the
news.
I
cannot
eat
biryani
without
him...
whenever
I
will
eat
biryani,
I
will
always
remember
him.
He
was
so
gentle
and
so
humble," Bendre
said.
Shabana
Azmi,
who
did
the
play
"Tumhari
Amrita"
with
Farooque
Sheikh
for
21
years,
said
the
curtain
has
fallen
on
the
play.
"Parda
gir
gaya
hai
(curtain
has
fallen).
This
was
our
last
play
which
we
performed
together
on
Dec
14
in
Agra.
There
will
be
no
show
without
Farooque.
My
last
interaction
with
Farooque
was
when
we
did
our
play
on
Dec
14.
I
said
it's
been
21
years
and
we
should
stop
this
play.
And
he
said
'Why
are
you
saying
this?
In
fact,
we
will
continue
this
play
for
the
next
21
years,"
Azmi
said.
Other
Bollywood
celebrities
who
attended
the
funeral
included
Javed
Akhtar,
Tabu,
Farhan
and
Adhuna
Akhtar,
Shekhar
Suman,
Zoya
Akhtar,
Swara
Bhaskar,
Ila
Arun,
Rahul
Bose
and
Sarikaa.
Farooque
Sheikh
is
survived
by
his
wife
and
two
daughters.