TV
actor
Shakti
Arora
lost
his
maternal
grandfather
and
popular
actor-director
Chandrashekhar
due
to
age-related
ailments
on
June
16,
2021.
He
was
98.
Shakti
was
very
close
to
his
grandfather
and
called
him
a
great
dancer.
In
an
interaction
with
Bombay
Times,
the
actor
said
that
he
was
in
Chandigarh
when
he
received
this
sad
news.
Shakti
Arora
said
that
his
grandfather
was
a
great
dancer
and
he
has
inherited
the
dancing
genes
from
him.
"I
became
a
good
dancer
only
after
I
practised
during
my
stint
on
Jhalak
Dikhhla
Jaa.
But,
now
when
I
look
back,
I
feel,
maybe
I
inherited
the
dancing
genes
from
my
grandfather,"
the
Meri
Aashiqui
Tum
Se
Hi
actor
said.
Let
us
tell
you,
Shakti
Arora
revealed
that
Chandrashekhar
never
wanted
him
to
pursue
acting,
due
to
its
uncertainty.
He
said,
"He
wanted
me
to
complete
my
MBA
and
take
up
a
job
in
the
corporate
world.
But,
somehow,
I
was
inclined
towards
acting
and
later
when
he
saw
my
TV
show,
Meri
Aashiqui
Tum
Se
Hi,
he
felt
proud.
My
grandfather
was
not
very
educated
but
he
was
very
well-informed.
He
could
recite
interesting
shayaris
and
I
having
spent
good
times
with
him,
which
are
now
beautiful
memories
to
cherish."
The
actor
also
feels
blessed
that
he
got
an
opportunity
to
act
with
him
in
a
short
film.
Shakti
admitted
that
he
had
got
extremely
nervous
in
front
of
him.
Talking
about
Chandrashekhar,
he
had
been
a
part
of
popular
movies
such
as
Sharaabi,
The
Burning
Train,
Kati
Patang
and
many
others.
He
had
also
directed
films
like
Cha
Cha
Cha
and
Street
Singer.
Apart
from
that,
he
was
also
a
part
of
Ramanand
Sagar's
Ramayan
(1988).