By Jagmohan Singh Barhok

.लागी छूटे ना अब तो सनम
चाहे जाए जिया तेरी क़सम
लागी छूटे ना …….

Noted Bollywood actor of 1950s, 1960s & 1970s, Chandrashekhar, aged 98, died today. He worked in more than 200 films including the likes of ” Baradari” ( 1955), “Basant Bahar” ( 1956), “Gateway of India” ( 1957), “Barsat Ki Raat” ( 1960), ” ” , “Elaan-E-Jung” (1989) & “Aaj Ka Shahenshah” (1990). He worked opposite Helen in “Cha Cha Cha’ ( 1964) to become popular. In most later films he was portrayed as a Police Inspector, Police Commissioner or a Politician. He worked opposite Shakila in “Kali Topi Lal Rumal” ( 1959) with a soulful number “Laagi Chhute Naa Ab To Sanam” . “Do Badan Pyaar Ki Aag Main Jal Gaye, Ik Chameli Ke Mandeve Tale” was another popular number from “Cha Cha Cha”.

I met the actor twice in 1982 & later 1988 and talked to him, albeit brief, as he was then in a bad shape sitting on a stool in the premises of Film City. At some distance the shooting of Sunny Deol, Chunky Pandey starrer “Aag Ka Gola ” was in progress. He was born on 7 July 1923.

Died this Day in 2021