Mumbai, April 11: Bollywood veteran actor Jackie Shroff paid tribute to legendary singer-actor K. L. Saigal and late actor Navin Nischol on their 79th and 15th birth anniversaries, respectively, remembering their prolific contributions to Hindi cinema.
Jackie posted on Instagram, sharing a picture of K. L. Saigal and writing: “K. L. Saigal (April 11, 1904 – Jan 18, 1947).
To honor Saigal, Jackie played the song “Gham diya mustaquil” from the 1946 film “Shahjehan” in the background. The film was directed by Abdul Rashid Kardar. It also stars Ragini, Kanwar, Nasreen, and P. Jairaj.
The story is a fictionalized account of an episode during the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan, and the fiction also links it to the construction of the Taj Mahal. It was the second-highest-grossing Indian film of 1946.
Saigal, who acted in 26 feature films including Hindi, Bengali, and Tamil, died in his ancestral city of Jullundur, now Jalandhar, in January 1947, at the age of 42.
Jackie then paid tribute to Nischol with the song “Raat Kali Ek Khwaab Mein Aayi” from the 1971 film Buddha Mil Gaya, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
Jackie shared a picture of Nischol from his younger days and wrote: “Navin Nischol (April 11, 1946 – March 19, 2011)."
Nischol was the first gold medalist from the Film and Television Institute of India to achieve fame. He appeared in films such as Victoria No. 203, Dhund, Aashiq Banaya Apne, and Hanste Zakhm. He later transitioned to television with Dekh Bhai Dekh.
He passed away due to a heart attack on March 19, 2011, while traveling from Mumbai to Pune. He was 64 years old.
Meanwhile, Jackie's latest work includes the romantic comedy Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri, starring Kartik Aaryan and Ananya Panday.
It also stars Neena Gupta and Tiku Talsania. He will next be seen in Ahmed Khan's upcoming comedy film titled “Welcome To The Jungle”.
The film has a huge star cast including names such as Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Arshad Warsi, Paresh Rawal, Raveena Tandon, Disha Patani, Lara Dutta, Jacqueline Fernandez, Shreyas Talpade, Aftab Shivdasani, Mika Singh, Mukesh Tiwari, Zakir Hussain, Yashpal Sharma, Johnny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda, Daler Mehndi, Tusshar Kapoor, and Sayaji Shinde.