Several Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh and Madhur Bhandakar, Sunday expressed grief over demise of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Sanjay
Dutt
&
other
react
on
Manohar
Parrikar's
news
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FilmiBeat
Several
Bollywood
celebrities
including
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Sanjay
Dutt,
Riteish
Deshmukh
and
Madhur
Bhandakar,
Sunday
expressed
grief
over
demise
of
Goa
Chief
Minister
Manohar
Parrikar.
Parrikar,
63,
died
at
his
private
residence
near
here
on
Sunday.
He
was
suffering
from
pancreatic
cancer
since
February
2018.
However,
officially
he
was
described
to
be
suffering
from
a
pancreatic
ailment.
Megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan
took
to
twitter
to
express
his
grief.
"Manohar
Parikar
CM
Goa,
passes
away
..
a
gentleman
to
the
core,
simple
in
demeanour
and
well
respected
..
spent
few
short
moments
with
him
..
very
dignified
..
fought
his
illness
bravely
..
prayers
and
condolences,"
Bachchan
said.
Sanjay
Dutt
tweeted,
"Sad
to
hear
about
the
loss
of
one
of
our
finest
leaders,
#ManoharParrikar
ji.
May
he
rest
in
peace.
My
prayers
are
with
the
grieving
family
&
friends".
Actor
Randeep
Hooda,
who
had
met
Parrikar
at
the
launch
of
a
movie,
described
him
as
a
man
of
few
words.
"Man
of
few
words,
simple,
epitome
of
integrity
&
efficiency,
straight
shooter,
defence
minister,
3
time
chief
minister
of
Goa,
away
from
the
trappings
of
a
person
in
power,
IITian,
well
mannered,
a
true
servant
of
the
nation,
an
example
to
follow
for
one
and
all..
Salute
#ManoharParrikar,"
Randeep
described
Parrikar
in
his
message
on
twitter.
Riteish
Deshmukh
tweeted,
"Deeply
saddened
by
the
passing
away
of
Shri
#ManoharParrikar
ji
...
one
of
the
tallest
leaders
of
India.
Condolences
to
the
family
&
loved
ones."
Veteran
actor
Anupam
Kher
posted
a
picture
of
him
alongside
Parrikar
and
wrote,
"Deeply
deeply
saddened
to
know
about
the
untimely
demise
of
Shri
#ManoharParrikar
ji".
"He
was
one
of
the
most
real,
dignified,
intelligent,
warm,
down-to-earth
&
honest
person
I
had
met.
He
had
a
great
quality
of
inspiring
people
so
effortlessly.
Will
miss
him.
Om
Shanti".
South
actor
Siddharth
also
expressed
grief
over
the
development.
"ManoharParrikar
lost
his
battle
to
cancer
but
in
his
last
days
set
a
fine
example
of
working
against
all
odds.
He
will
be
a
tough
act
to
follow.
Rest
in
peace
sir,"
he
tweeted.
Praising
the
late
chief
minister,
comedian-actor
Vir
Das
tweeted,
"ManoharParrikar
always
came
across
as
one
of
the
more
level
headed
and
decent
politicians
in
the
country.
Rest
in
Peace
sir."
In
his
tweet,
filmmaker
Madhur
Bhandarkar
wrote
that
Parrikar
will
always
be
rememberd
for
his
simplicity.
"Saddened
to
know
about
the
demise
of
#ManoharParrikar
ji.
He
will
always
be
remembered
for
his
simplicity
and
as
a
common
man
with
strong
determination.
It's
a
great
loss
for
the
nation,"